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Huntington Beach, California, United States (1992 – present)

Reel Big Fish (“RBF”) is a 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’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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  • JamJan4444

    In Münster this evening :) YEAH !

    12 days ago

  • magicalocelot

    "Suckers" perfect for Valentine's Day coming up. <3

    13 days ago

  • marlonbernardes

    Tabs for skacoustic would be awesome.

    14 days ago

  • Sentenzia22

    Take On Me!!1o1oneoneonee

    20 days ago

  • autumnoffeelsad

    Skacoustic !

    22 days ago

  • XtraNL

    It's people like you that makes me glad I'm not a lonely pathetic retard

    last month

  • podgethebastard

    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

    last month

  • FreeHotCarl

    RBF fo' life. =)

    last month

  • StarfishSeastar

    these guys r hilariously awesome! <3

    last month

  • Splif4d

    язь ?

    last month

  • knick_knacks

    Hey Guys, what do you think about coming to Poland? Sounds nice, isn't it?

    November 2011

  • RaquelTogepi

    levanta até defunto esses manolo

    November 2011

  • gotsubverted

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/59430281/the-3rd-wave-ska-preservation-society-vinyl-reissu?ref=users Third Wave Classics getting pressed on VINYL!!!!!

    November 2011

  • CazmoV

    Just bought my ticket so see them at Reading's Sub89...can't fucking wait, i've been waiting too long to see them :')

    November 2011

  • ryanS732

    Everybody's doing the fish, yeaaaah yeaaaaah yeaaaah!

    November 2011

  • ZabelBOOM

    Their live album is better than your live album. It is the best album ever. [2]

    November 2011

  • ForBigMistakes

    <3 Just watched Baseket Ball again, saw these guy & squee'd.

    November 2011

  • Ca-f

    RIO DE JANEIRO TODAY \O/ já já saio de casa

    October 2011

  • AlxenPanikovski

    ЖЫВТОНЕ ЧОЧО УПЯЧКА УПЯЧКА!!! УПЯЧКА!!!!!!

    October 2011

  • laisaa

    9 dias! Rio de Janeiro!

    October 2011
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