The Giraffes are a cult band from Brooklyn that plays a signature mixture of heavy rock, punk, metal, surf and whatever else they find interesting. Loud, agile, dangerous, funny, sick, complex and satisfying, the Giraffes have been thinking people’s hedonistic soundtrack of choice since 1996.

Lead singer Aaron Lazar and guitar wizard Damien Paris form the core focus of the band, with support from the locomotive rhythm section of maniac drummer Andrew Totolos and the latest Giraffe Hannah Moorhead on bass. The band has just completed recording their 8th full length album “Cigarette”

The Giraffes have a well earned reputation for mayhem. Trouble has seemed to follow the band from day one. Guitarist Damien Paris was shot in the leg outside of a White Castle late one night in Brooklyn by an off-duty fire marshal. The bullet is still lodged in his knee. Singer Aaron Lazar has suffered multiple Sudden Cardiac Death events. He has a defibrillator implanted in his chest. During a show at Chicago’s legendary Double Door It sent 700 volts directly into his heart 3 times in 30 seconds (he finished the set).

The Giraffes’ live shows are characterized as dangerous affairs. Combining fierce musicality and unbridled audience participation Giraffes performances have generated an intense and extremely dedicated fan base that often travels great distances to attend. They have toured alongside acts such as Local-H, Eagles of Death Metal, The Vacation and Skeleton Key, sharing the stage with Interpol, Fishbone, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, the Strokes. And have played festivals like Amsterjam, Voodofest, Monolith, SXSW, and Bonnaroo, SXSW, CMJ, Northside and more. Giraffes music can be found in video games like Guitar Hero and heard in movies like the 2017 Sundance Festival winner “I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore” and the Forthcoming Toxic Avenger remake by famed indie auteur Macon Blair.

The Giraffes were formed in 1996 by Damien Paris, Andrew Totolos, and bassist Tim Kent. The band cut its teeth playing in the NYC underground with contemporaries the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and Interpol and more. In 1998, they released their debut album FRANKSQUILT, however it was not until singer Aaron Lazar joined in 2000 that the band found its true shape.