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Rocknoceros The Bio After 10 months of knob-turning and fader-sliding, Northern Virginia's premiere power-trio for children has emerged from the recording studio with it's third CD, PINK!. Rocknoceros (pronounced like rhinoceros) has dominated the Washington, DC children's music scene since it's inception in 2005, winning four Washington Area Music Awards, and landing an ongoing Video-on-Demand offering through COX Cable. With the of PINK!, Rocknoceros continues to find it's way into the hearts and homes of music-lovers of all ages. As every family with youngsters in the DC area already knows, Rocknoceros (pronounced like rhinoceros) is three guys Coach Cotton, Williebob, and Boogie Woogie Bennie. After seeing them perform, there is no denying that they are not a typical trio. Coach Cotton is the ring-leader, frequently immersed in a sea of knee-high concert goers. Wearing a wireless head-set microphone, he wades through the mass of dancing children, dispersing high-fives and shaking a tambourine. Williebob provides the necessary string work for the show, moving among a collection of guitars, mandolins, and banjos while wearing a kazoo around his neck. Boogie Woogie Bennie is a one-man-band within the power trio, employing a contraption that one four-year-old fan described as 'the piano-drum'. The piano-drum allows Boogie Bennie to play the bass drum with his right foot, the snare drum and hi-hat cymbal with his left foot, and the keyboard with his hands (with his left hand playing the bass parts). Together, Rocknoceros is able to cover a dizzying range of musical styles in each set. From Tin Pan Alley to the shores of Jamaica, Rocknoceros hops from genre to genre like a toad on summer asphalt. PINK! Adds 14 new songs to the ever-expanding Rocknoceros catalogue. From the opening chords of the power-pop title track, right through to the final note of the hymn-like
