THePETEBOX is a beatboxer from Nottingham, UK. He was crowned the Radio 1 beatbox champion in 2005. THePETEBOX is a human beatboxer and live looper from the UK. He is known throughout the world as an innovator of using a loop pedal to create songs using his vocal and beatboxing ability. He was first brought to the attention of the beatbox world after winning the 2005 BBC Radio 1 Beatbox Championships. He then established himself further as an artist in 2007 when he was named as a winner of the years Channel 4 Talent Awards. THePETEBOX has toured his cutting edge show around the UK, Africa, France, Norway, Czech Republic, and appeared at Isle of White, Besival, V, Leeds, Reading, Latitude, Creamfields and Glastonbury festivals to name a few. In 2007 THePETEBOX became the face of Mexican telecom when he featured in a TV advert for Movistar mobile phones. Watch advert here The advert aired in March 2007 in Mexico and will be shown in Panama and Guatemala later in the year. THePETEBOX is also a member of the bands Swimming and WeShowUpOnRadar THePETEBOX appeared in the UK and USA television coverage of the 2009 World Free Running Championships on August 15th. Other TV appearances include ITV's Skillicious in 2009, showcasing and teaching his skills and ITV's Odd One In in 2010. THePETEBOX toured with dance group Diversity twice in 2010 http://www.thepetebox.com/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.