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Reel Big Fish is an . CAREER The band's debut Album , '' Everything Sucks '', was an Underground hit and led to a deal with Mojo Records . The album '' Turn The Radio Off '' established the band in the ska punk scene, and they began touring throughout the United States. After the single "Sell Out" began breaking into the mainstream, including MTV , the album made an appearance on the charts. However, the ska revival was short-lived, and their 1998 album '' Why Do They Rock So Hard? '' did not lead the band into the mainstream. In 1998, the band appeared in the movie '' BASEketball '', performing in the stands to pump up the crowd. ''Why Do They Rock So Hard?'' was the last album for three members of the band. Trombonist Grant Barry and trumpet player Tavis Werts were either fired or left the band voluntarily, depending on the source. Drummer Andrew Gonzales left the band to spend more time with his family. Reel Big Fish then had a rotating cast of drummers and trumpeteers over the next six years. In 2002 the band fared much better on the rock charts, particularly because of the single "Where Have You Been?", which did not prominently feature the horn section. Former Suburban Rhythm drummer Carlos de la Garza played drums and ex- Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A. Tyler Jones tracked trumpet for two songs on '' Cheer Up! '' (because Werts had already done the majority of recording before his departure). De la Garza's last concert with Reel Big Fish was on June 20, 2003 at the House Of Blues in Anaheim . That concert was later released as the DVD '' The Show Must Go Off! ''. Jones played live in Reel Big Fish for some further time before being fired by Barrett for his excessive drinking. He was replaced by former Forces Of Evil trumpet player John Christianson . On April 5 , 2005 , Reel Big Fish released their fourth album on Mojo Records ; '' We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy ''. Justin Ferreira (who replaced De La Garza) was on drums for the recording but was fired before the albums release and subsequently is listed as an additional muscian on the CD. He was replaced by Ryland Steen . Ferreira went on to join another Orange County band, Takota . While on tour in early 2006, Reel Big Fish received a call from Jive Records , informing them that they had been dropped from the label, much to the band's delight. The band formed their own label and released a 3-disc live performance CD/DVD set, '' Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album ''. This package became available on July 18, 2006 on the Internet and in retail stores on August 22. Jive later released a Reel Big Fish greatest hits album , '' Greatest Hit...And More '', because they owned the rights to all previous songs. The band did not make any money from the album, and have spoken out against it. In 2006, the band made an agreement with independent comic book publisher The Vicious Circle Project to create and publish a comic book anthology series about the band. It has yet to appear. On February 20, 2007, the band released '' Duet All Night Long '', which is a split EP with Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer . It features six cover songs (three from each band), with the vocalist of each band performing in the other band's songs (except in the case of Scott Klopfenstein singing in the song, "Say Say Say".) Reel Big Fish announced on their MySpace profile that they would be playing a summer tour in 2007 with Less Than Jake as their headlining partner along with support from Streetlight Manifesto and Against All Authority . Reel Big Fish released their first studio album since leaving Jive Records ; '' Monkeys For Nothin' And The Chimps For Free '' worldwide on July 10 , 2007 , on the Rock Ridge Music record label. On June 26, 2007 shortly before it's release the band announced that Matt Wong was leaving the band in a Myspace Blog to spend more time with his wife and new born child. He was replaced by Derek Gibbs who played bass in Jeffries Fan Club and Aaron Barrett's now defunct side project, The Forces Of Evil . Since Matt Wong was very popular with fans, some are skeptical of the new bassist's ability but the band has stated that Derek is "Matt Wong Approved" and fans have nothing to worry about. They decided since the Shout It Loud tour was "their best" they will be continuing the tour without Less Than Jake in Australia this December, Europe in February and January and the United States in the early spring. MEMBERS
Former members (listed in order of departure)
DISCOGRAPHY Studio albums
Live album
Compilation albums
EPs
Demos
DVDs
7" Vinyl Record s
Compilation contributions
MULTIPLE TITLED SONGS Songs that have different titles on different releases, in spite of being essentially exactly the same song.
COVER SONGS Reel Big Fish are well-known for their Cover Songs (so much so that their former label, Jive Records , chose to promote the album '' We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy '' with stickers on the CD Jewel Case proclaiming that the album included "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution" and " Story Of My Life "; both Covers ) and frequently end live shows with their cover of A-ha 's 1985 hit " Take On Me ". Although the band are known to play a variety of other songs live regularly, this is a comprehensive, roughly chronological list of all known Cover Songs ''officially recorded'' by Reel Big Fish.
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