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School of Fish was an alternative rock band which formed in 1989 and disbanded in 1994.

The core members were Josh Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward who would play club dates in Los Angeles, California as a duo accompanied by programmed drums and bass. The band signed with Capitol Records in 1990, and released their first single on that same year on 7-inch vinyl. Their self-titled debut, School Of Fish, was released in March 1991, followed by their first single, Three Strange Days. Also during the same year, they appeared on a KROQ concert disc called the Acoustic Christmas. Their second album, Human Cannonball, was released in 1993. The album did not sell very well and was not as successful as the self-titled album. Shortly thereafter, the band broke up.

Singer Josh Clayton-Felt died on January 19, 2000 at 32 of testicular cancer. In the six years after School of Fish, he had released solo albums entitled Inarticulate Nature Boy (1995), Felt Like Making a Live Record (1996), Beautiful Nowhere (1999), Spirit Touches Ground (2002), and Center of Six (2003).

Guitarist Michael Ward went on to play with John Hiatt and eventually became a member of The Wallflowers. Chad Fischer went on to form the band Lazlo Bane, most known for original opening credits of the TV show Scrubs. He also performed music in the Garden State movie soundtrack. Christopher MacDonald, who played bass with the band on tour, but did not play on any School of Fish recordings, records synthesizer space music under the name Telomere (label Evenfall).
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  • DiscoJer

    Sigh, only 67,000 plays. I think I had more than that of their two cds in the 1990s.

    20 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Mike TV

    met these guys at Tower Records in Campbell, CA @1991-92?...nice guys, still have the autographs...

    30 Mar 2012 Reply

  • rayneonme

    Hope that you are peace Josh.....@-->---

    14 Jan 2012 Reply

  • FritoPendejo

    These guys reminded me the most of Toad The Wet Sprocket.

    17 Dec 2011 Reply

  • HSuperunknown

    (18/05/1967–19/01/2000) R.I.P. Master Josh Clayton-Felt. Un verdadero crack q' se marchó demasiado temprano y sin su merecido reconocimiento. Pero tu música de 1ra siempre será recordada.

    27 Nov 2011 Reply

  • cslhclan

    great band, i miss them

    7 Jan 2011 Reply

  • JakSpringTooth

    We miss you Josh.

    28 Sep 2010 Reply

  • Mangosucka

    Holy shit, this band alot underrated that I thought

    24 Jan 2010 Reply

  • DiscoJer

    When these guys broke up, I basically stopped listening to rock music. While I guess they'll mostly be famous for 3 Strange Days, both of their albums are just really good. Really under appreciated.

    30 Jun 2009 Reply

  • kaiserzeitgeist

    feesh, here feeshy-feeshy

    23 May 2009 Reply

  • mcnallyjames60

    great band wish they coukld keep it togeteher {for those who dont know mike ward from this band was playin' w/ Jakob Dylan when The Wallfloweres hit it big

    3 Feb 2009 Reply

  • JeremyAce4

    "3 Strange Days" is a great song. I mean GREAT SONG.

    4 Jan 2009 Reply

  • adjustafresh

    haven't listened to 3 Strange Days for at least a decade. Still holds up - great song.

    12 Nov 2008 Reply

  • mtdew62863

    A GREATLY UNDER RATED BAND!

    21 Sep 2008 Reply

  • usfcolby

    3 Strange Days is one of the greatest songs ever. This band is a lot better than most of the garbage today, wish they still made music like this.

    26 Jun 2008 Reply

  • apollospawn

    I 1ST HEARD THIS BAND WHEN 3 STRANGE DAYS CAME OUT& NOT TOO LONG AFTER AIRING IN HEAVY ROTATION ON RADIO/MTV. I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF THESE GUYS! I THINK THEY DID PRETTY WELL THEN, BUT THEY COULD REALLLY DO WELL NOW! POINT BEING THEY WERE VERY INNOVATIVE & WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I LOVE THEIR & JCF'S (JOSH CLAYTON FELT) WORK, THEY ARE TRULY UNIQUE. A MASTERPIECE OF ITS OWN DEFINITION. THE PROGRESSIONS, THE JUMPY RHYTHMS, THE "DREAMSTATE" LYRICS, THE BRILLIANT USE OF MELODY AND NOISE. AHH, WHAT BEAUTIFUL IMAGES THIS MUSIC CAN PAINT IN THE MIND IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO TRULY APPRECIATE IT, TAKE IT IN AND GET LOST IN IT FOR A WHILE. I ONLY WISH THAT JOSH WAS STILL ALIVE, SO THAT MAYBE THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER AGAIN & TOUR, &SO THAT JOSH WOULD STILL BE SHARING MORE OF THE BEAUTY THAT IS HIS SOUL THROUGH HIS MUSIC. SEE, GUESS I STILL CAN'T GET ENOUGH. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS INGENIUS, YET UNFORTUNATELY SHORT LIVED BAND& I COULD REALLY SAY THE SAME FOR JCF.

    22 Jun 2008 Reply

  • hipcheck23

    Their version of Save It For Later is unreal

    30 May 2008 Reply

  • swirlyboy

    RIP Josh

    26 Jan 2008 Reply

  • jtrichey

    7 years ago today Josh Clayton-Felt passed away. He was a beautiful singer. RIP (1/19/07)

    19 Jan 2007 Reply
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