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Huntington Beach, California, United States (1992 – present)
Reel Big Fish (“RBF”) is a ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, United States who broke into the mainstream in the mid to late 1990s, formed in 1992.
Their debut album, “Everything Sucks” (1995), was an underground hit and led to a deal with MOJO RECORDS (see also Mojo), an indie label. “Turn The Radio Off” (1996) established the band in the underground music scene, and they began touring throughout the USA. After the single “Sell Out” began breaking into the mainstream, including MTV, the album made an appearance on the charts. The ska revival was short-lived, however, and “Why Do They Rock So Hard?” (1998) did not lead the group to the mainstream.
Reel Big Fish released “Cheer Up” (2002) which began a movement into harder rock and pop sounds, with much less ska than the previous albums. The song “Where Have You Been?” was aimed at a wider audience, trying to drop the less popular ska sound, but was met with little mainstream success, despite the video. Their second most recent studio album was “We’re Not Happy Until You’re Not Happy” (2005).
They recently released “Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album” (2006) which includes 2 discs worth or their own tunes and a few covers of popular songs along with a DVD. They have worked on the soundtrack to BASEketball, which included a cover of a-ha’sTake On Me.
In 2006, they split from Jive records, who produced a “Best of” album against the will of the band, who could not prevent the release. The band has made a campaign to try and stop people buying the album.
Their debut album, “Everything Sucks” (1995), was an underground hit and led to a deal with MOJO RECORDS (see also Mojo), an indie label. “Turn The Radio Off” (1996) established the band in the underground music scene, and they began touring throughout the USA. After the single “
Sell Out” began breaking into the mainstream, including MTV, the album made an appearance on the charts. The ska revival was short-lived, however, and “Why Do They Rock So Hard?” (1998) did not lead the group to the mainstream.Reel Big Fish released “Cheer Up” (2002) which began a movement into harder rock and pop sounds, with much less ska than the previous albums. The song “
Where Have You Been?” was aimed at a wider audience, trying to drop the less popular ska sound, but was met with little mainstream success, despite the video. Their second most recent studio album was “We’re Not Happy Until You’re Not Happy” (2005).They recently released “Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album” (2006) which includes 2 discs worth or their own tunes and a few covers of popular songs along with a DVD. They have worked on the soundtrack to BASEketball, which included a cover of a-ha’s
Take On Me.In 2006, they split from Jive records, who produced a “Best of” album against the will of the band, who could not prevent the release. The band has made a campaign to try and stop people buying the album.
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Sentenzia22 wrote:
Take On Me!!1o1oneoneonee
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yasukmibolls wrote:
@XtraNL- Why would you say something like that!!!! It’s just a joke. Your reply was quite offensive. I mean why would you believe that someone actually doesn’t listen to music, it’s a silly thing to take serious don’t you think?
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autumnoffeelsad wrote:
Skacoustic !
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XtraNL wrote:
It's people like you that makes me glad I'm not a lonely pathetic retard
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yasukmibolls wrote:
it's music like this that makes me glad i don't listen to music
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podgethebastard wrote:
not listened to this in a few years and wondering how i could forget how great they are...think i will have myself a beer
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FreeHotCarl wrote:
RBF fo' life. =)
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StarfishSeastar wrote:
these guys r hilariously awesome! <3
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Splif4d wrote:
язь ?
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knick_knacks wrote:
Hey Guys, what do you think about coming to Poland? Sounds nice, isn't it?
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RaquelTogepi wrote:
levanta até defunto esses manolo
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gotsubverted wrote:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/59430281/the-3rd-wave-ska-preservation-society-vinyl-reissu?ref=users Third Wave Classics getting pressed on VINYL!!!!!
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CazmoV wrote:
Just bought my ticket so see them at Reading's Sub89...can't fucking wait, i've been waiting too long to see them :')
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ryanS732 wrote:
Everybody's doing the fish, yeaaaah yeaaaaah yeaaaah!
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ZabelBOOM wrote:
Their live album is better than your live album. It is the best album ever. [2]
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ForBigMistakes wrote:
<3 Just watched Baseket Ball again, saw these guy & squee'd.
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Ca-f wrote:
RIO DE JANEIRO TODAY \O/ já já saio de casa
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AlxenPanikovski wrote:
ЖЫВТОНЕ ЧОЧО УПЯЧКА УПЯЧКА!!! УПЯЧКА!!!!!!
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pyschoklown wrote:
what the hell is this crap ?
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laisaa wrote:
9 dias! Rio de Janeiro!
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Dynamo, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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