Original Music
The Band
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide the soundtrack for the weekend and an environment where the work week goes to die. We firmly believe that live music is the social lubricant that can bring world peace... or at the very least, sell a shit ton of booze!
The Full Tilts are a Denver–based rock band creating original music and covers of danceable blues, funk and straight rock and roll.
Our cover songs are a jukebox of the 60s to present often tilting familiar tracks into fresh versions that groove, breathe and engage the crowd.
Each one of our members are stage-seasoned and masters of musical craft. You can't go wrong with The Full Tilts.
Brian Bucca
Lead Vocals Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Raised in the mud and the black water swamps of South Mississippi, the roots of blues, funk with a dash of metal run deep.
I cut my singing teeth on Kenny and Dolly, the Oak Ridge Boys and Springsteen unbuckled on the bench seat of my parent's pick up truck.
It was all made complete when the guitar hit my hands at 14, playing in bands and developing chops, which then turned into songwriting. I've never looked back.
I've been on the Front Range since 2007 and involved in multiple projects in support roles and as front man. Musical performance brings me joy and my main goal is to give that right back to those who listen.
Steve Valente
Drums
I’m Steve - the pulse in the floorboards, the rattle in the glass, the reason your foot starts moving before your brain signs off on it. Somewhere between a barroom backbeat and a runaway train, I found my lane: hold it down, stir it up, and maybe make you spill your drink a little.
I’ve logged my hours in dim-lit clubs and too-loud rooms, chasing that sweet spot where the night tips just far enough into chaos to feel alive. Every now and then the road opens up wider—I got to chase it across Europe, the UK, and Australia and New Zealand with international recording Electric Six—which only confirmed that a good groove and great song translates in any language.
I’m here for the song—the invisible thread that pulls it all together. Sometimes that means laying back like a conspirator, sometimes it means kicking the door in. Either way, the mission stays the same: keep the hips shakin’, the drinks flowin’, and the good times rollin’ like they’ve got nowhere else to be.
Fun fact: I took lessons from Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Will Ferrel doppelganger fame, which is a polite way of saying I was taught early that power and feel can shake hands without either one losing a finger.
Matt Martin
Bass
Our master of the bottom end! Once an Oregon Duck, now the tallest bass player on the Front Range until proven otherwise! Since the early 00's, he's been in the Denver music scene as a bass man and guitarist. Now he's our lord of thunder and bass!
Kevin Brown
Lead/Rhythm Guitar/Backing vocals
Multi instrumentalist, guitarist extraordinaire and backing vocalist. Jazz, Country, Rock, he's got all the chops... along with a 20+ year history of gigging the Front Range supporting residencies at the Grizzly Rose and The Stillery, Kevin is no stranger to the stage. He da Man!!