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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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  • jonnyj24

    What's up. I've got an extra Goldfinger/Reel Big Fish ticket June 27th in NYC. Selling under face for $15. Can just meet you outside the venue pre-show before awesome drunken ska punk insanity ensues. Message me if anybody is interested in this bargain

    Friday evening

  • deth_from_above

    This one's for all the suckers that still believe in love... this one's for you.

    Thursday afternoon

  • AlissonANP

    Fuck everything, but fuck you the most, fuck everyone, but fuck you the most ♫♫

    11 days ago

  • Weed-N-Rock

    I will never understand the hate that Ska gets, maybe those people just don't understand fun music? Anyway these guys are freaking sweet!

    12 days ago

  • BlackOps

    mattmacneil is the worst kind of something something

    14 days ago

  • mattmacneil

    this is the worst kind of music

    14 days ago

  • jade-attack

    Going to see these guys in august! C:

    20 days ago

  • trebor17

    But if you love me, where have you been?

    last month
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