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Stick Figure

American reggae and dub band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Stick Figure is an American reggae band founded in 2005 by frontman and multi-instrumentalist Scott Woodruff. Woodruff writes, records, produces and performs nearly all of the band's music which has been featured on grammy award winning projects and a number of film/tv placements. Recognized by Forbes and Billboard as the top-selling living reggae artist by total consumption worldwide, Stick Figure has earned gold album certification and surpassed billions of streams over eight full-length studio albums. The live band consists of Woodruff, keyboardist Kevin Bong (KBong), drummer Kevin Offitzer, bassist Tommy Suliman, guitarist, keyboardist, and guitarist/backup vocalist Johnny Cosmic and percussionist Will Phillips. Collectively the touring band has performed at major festivals including Coachella and in 2025 was named a top summer tour by Pollstar.

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This entry incorporates text from Stick Figure” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.