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Huntington Beach, Los Angeles CA, United States (1994 – present)
The Aquabats are a musical ensemble from Huntington Beach, California formed in 1994 known for their humorous lyrics and outrageous live shows, during which the band is often attacked by supervillains onstage.
Starting as a parody of the booming third-wave ska scene in Southern California (their first show, reportedly, was played with fourteen members, at least half of which were wielding horns), The Aquabats played third-wave ska with a surfy, b-movie-esque twist that set them apart from the sped-up two-tone/pop-punk mash-ups most bands of the time were playing. Over time, their sound became even more eclectic, dropping much of the surf guitar leads and ska rhythms for more varied influences, including (but not limited to) new wave a la Oingo Boingo, power pop inspired by Cheap Trick and Pixies, and lots of They Might Be Giants-esque weirdness.
Their current sound blends upbeat rock and roll, new wave-type post-punk, and ska/rocksteady with synth replacing their horn and woodwind section. Notable influences upon The Aquabats are Devo, Oingo Boingo, Madness, and Toy Dolls.
The Aquabats’ current lineup is The MC Bat Commander (vocals), Ricky Fitness (drums), Crash McLarson (bass), Eagle ‘Bones’ Falconhawk (guitar) & Jimmy the Robot (keyboards/tenor sax). Former Aquabat Prince Adam (guitar/keyboards/trumpet) has been known to come back into the fold for the occasional show, most recently a benefit show for Bikeride’s Tony Carbone on February 2, 2008.
Starting as a parody of the booming third-wave ska scene in Southern California (their first show, reportedly, was played with fourteen members, at least half of which were wielding horns), The Aquabats played third-wave ska with a surfy, b-movie-esque twist that set them apart from the sped-up two-tone/pop-punk mash-ups most bands of the time were playing. Over time, their sound became even more eclectic, dropping much of the surf guitar leads and ska rhythms for more varied influences, including (but not limited to) new wave a la Oingo Boingo, power pop inspired by Cheap Trick and Pixies, and lots of They Might Be Giants-esque weirdness.
Their current sound blends upbeat rock and roll, new wave-type post-punk, and ska/rocksteady with synth replacing their horn and woodwind section. Notable influences upon The Aquabats are Devo, Oingo Boingo, Madness, and Toy Dolls.
The Aquabats’ current lineup is The MC Bat Commander (vocals), Ricky Fitness (drums), Crash McLarson (bass), Eagle ‘Bones’ Falconhawk (guitar) & Jimmy the Robot (keyboards/tenor sax). Former Aquabat Prince Adam (guitar/keyboards/trumpet) has been known to come back into the fold for the occasional show, most recently a benefit show for Bikeride’s Tony Carbone on February 2, 2008.
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Shoutbox
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xbethoo wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/xbethoo/journal/2010/01/07/3bk6yp_ska_punk_magazine_-_read <--- would anyone be interested in helping me do some research in this genre of music for my college coursework?
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craboman wrote:
awesome pic
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Maagikki wrote:
It seems ska police goes in all fields these days...
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napalm06 wrote:
Epic pic right now!
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Psaurcacneosisa wrote:
what I'm wondering is, where is the exclamation point!?
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TotaIIyRadd wrote:
I'm glad we've got the ska police here to clear up any genre questions we have about The Aquabats!, thanks guys!
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lizzardd wrote:
more like I FELL ASLEEP ON MY ARMMMMMM!!!!!
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rosiiiiiiiiii wrote:
i fell asleep on my arm.
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bawwb8mona8 wrote:
their show a few hours ago was AMAAAAZING! so fucking good. and it was their last show of the decade. whaddup?!
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mr53xy wrote:
HOLIDAY ROOOOOOOOOOAD!
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Skauch88 wrote:
fake ska*
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Twizzlers182 wrote:
Streetlight and Aquabats are similar in the intense focus they have on their horn section, more so then some ska bands. This doesn't make the songs similar, rather the similarity lies in the instrumental composition.
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Elementree1 wrote:
YO POSITIVE PEOPLE!! If you like Aquabats and Rock/Reggae/Dancehall/Ska with a concious message please check out our music. We are a fresh new band out of Cincinnati Ohio, genre bending music and a message that must be heard. Our last fm page is: http://www.last.fm/music/theohms Our myspace page is: http://www.myspace.com/ohms. Feel our music
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benxander wrote:
@TofuTehSurvivor You don't have the right to judge what genre aquabats are if claim Aquabats are New Wave.
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Jamesismynamo wrote:
@TofuTehSurvivor, Streetlight and the Aquabats may be miles apart, but they are still both ska in my books. To me ska has an exphasis on upbeats and sycopation. And if you listen to virtually any Aquabats song, they do that. They also have a horn section, which is in most ska nowadays. But you're right they do have nerdy and quirky songs. That's more of a thematic thing than a genre thing though.
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ayjay90 wrote:
@TofuTehSurvivor i'll accept nerd rock, but i listen to their earlier stuff
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TofuTehSurvivor wrote:
@ajay90 Nope, not a ska band. They should just be classified in the genre Nerd Rock.
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ayjay90 wrote:
@TofuTehSurvivor - you really think they're not a ska band? (or weren't) more ska than new wave lol wtf
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mattgcn wrote:
The titles should have friggin exclamation marks this is laaame, auto-correct
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CheesePwnsHam wrote:
I FELL ASLEEP ON MY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRMMM!!!! D:D: Damn, I can't stop laughing my ass off, The Aquabats just fkin rule so damn hard XD
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Events
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Feb
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Soundwave 2010
RNA Showgrounds, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Feb
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Soundwave 2010
Eastern Creek International Raceway, Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia
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Feb
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Reel Big Fish
The Epsy - Gershwin Room, Melbourne, Australia
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News
NEWS FLASH!! THE AQUABATS VS. BLINK 182!!! THE REMATCH!!
27 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/theaquabats
That's right kids.. just when you thought you would never see those words strewn together, IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!Over this last weekend the Aquabats were invited to step in the ring again to take on th. …
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18 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/theaquabats
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Gherkin13 tagged The Aquabats with ska punk, punk and ska. 2 hours ago
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himisjosh, Ripster92, Kackieeeee and 2 other people added The Aquabats to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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wecanhavefun connected The Aquabats to the group How To Be So Real. 13 hours ago
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xbethoo wrote about The Aquabats in SKA PUNK MAGAZINE - READ!. yesterday morning
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skakidgoboom353 tagged The Aquabats with ‘ska’. Wednesday evening
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