The Aristocrats

Chequia

Praga

Palác Akropolis

Austria

Viena

Simm City

The Aristocrats - The Duck Tour 2026

Suiza

Zúrich

Kaufleuten - Klubsaal

Kaufleuten Club

España

Palma de Mallorca

Sala 1 - Es Gremi

Bilbao

Kafe Antzokia

Madrid

Teatro Joy Eslava

Portugal

Oporto

Hard Club

The Aristocrats - Duck Tour - Porto

Lisboa

Republica da Musica

The Aristocrats - Duck Tour - Lisboa

Sevilla

Sala Custom

Drawing upon their eclectic tastes, virtuosic rock trio the Aristocrats play a distinctive mix of instrumental prog rock, jazz fusion, heavy metal, and funk. Turning an off-the-cuff 2011 show into a surprisingly successful endeavor, guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller, and drummer Marco Minnemann took their talents on the road, playing around the world and releasing quirky albums like 2013's Culture Clash and 2015's Tres Caballeros. Following a three-year sabbatical, the trio returned to work in 2019 with their fourth outing, You Know What...?, with the irreverent concept LP Duck appearing in 2024. 

Prior to forming the Aristocrats, Britain's Govan played with groups like Asia, GPS, and Young Punx! Similarly, Beller, a California native who graduated from the Berklee College of Music, played with Dethklok, Steve Vai, and others. The German-born Minnemann is a sought-after San Diego-based drum instructor who has released numerous solo albums. Originally, the trio came together to play an impromptu showcase at the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention in 2011, with Govan joining as a last-minute replacement for guitarist Brian Howe. The show was such a success that the trio decided to continue as an actual group. Naming themselves after an infamous off-color joke detailed in a 2005 documentary of the same name, the Aristocrats released their self-titled debut studio album in 2011. The concert album Boing, We'll Do It Live! followed in 2012. Two years later they returned with their sophomore studio album, Culture Clash. In 2015, Beller and Minnemann appeared on guitarist Joe Satriani's Shockwave Supernova. That same year, the group released their third studio album, Tres Caballeros. 

Over the next year-and-a-half, their extensive touring cycle saw them hit North America, Europe, and Asia. After that, the Aristocrats took a hiatus, during which the bandmembers focused on their own endeavors. Regrouping in early 2019, Govan, Beller, and Minnemann entered Ojai, California's Brotheryn Studios, to record their fourth album, You Know What...?, released in June of that year. Three years later, they teamed up with Poland’s Primuz Chamber Orchestra and released Aristocrats with Primuz Chamber Orchestra, which featured re-imaginings of nine songs from the group's repertoire filtered through a 22-piece string section.  2024's Duck, the group's fifth studio effort, saw the Aristocrats deliver a dense and punchy set of genre-hopping songs loosely built around a narrative concerning a waterfowl's worldly adventures after being evicted from its Antarctic island by a malicious police penguin. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi

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