Biography

Mandatory Get Down is a high-energy disco and funk cover band built for one thing: unapologetic, hands-in-the-air, scream-the-lyrics fun. This is the band you book when the goal is a packed dance floor, sore feet, and a room full of people in the partying spirit. They specialize in classic mid-70’s to early-80’s funk/disco anthems that turn any night into a party. Girls’ nights out. Bachelorette parties. Birthdays. Corporate events that accidentally become legendary. If your group showed up ready to dance, Mandatory Get Down finishes the job.

On drums, Jimmy D’Anda (The BulletBoys, Lynch Mob) drives the groove with deep-pocket authority that keeps hips moving and drinks spilling. Derek Day (Classless Act, Kia Forum Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert) brings the vocals and guitar with full front-man energy, pulling the crowd in and refusing to let them leave the floor. Griffin Tucker (Zendaya, American Idol) locks it all together on bass and vocals, delivering funky lines that shake the house. Mandatory Get Down lives where sweaty dance floors, tight musicianship, and unapologetic fun intersect. Expect wall-to-wall crowd favorites like “You Dropped a Bomb on Me,” “Super Freak,” “Play That Funky Music,” “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough,” “September,” “Get Down Tonight,” and “I Will Survive,” plus nonstop dance-floor fuel from artists like Earth, Wind & Fire, KC & the Sunshine Band, Bee Gees, Rick James, Prince, and more. Yes, YMCA happens. No one resists it. For a night of nonstop, feel-good music that turns strangers into dance partners…Mandatory Get Down isn’t background music…it’s the reason people remember the night.