This week I have session drummer and friend Ryland Steen, he’s been playing for the classic rock band America now for a while, and was also the drummer in Reel Big Fish, we talk about how he got a major record label deal at an early age with his band called Audiovent and how that led him to turning down playing full time with Maroon 5. We talk about what it’s like being a hired and touring drummer and his story about how he got into music.
This week I have long time friend singer/songwriter Scott Klopfenstein from The Littlest Man Band and Reel Big Fish, I first met him when I had just graduated high school and was on tour with him in 2002, I even got to play the song Take On Me with Reel Big Fish a few times that year. We recently got back in touch a couple years ago and we talk about how he got started, as well as how I recently filled in for his band on a week and a half run to Texas and back. It was a lot of fun, and so was this interview.
Darrin talks to his long time pal Aaron Barrett from the OC ska band Reel Big Fish.
It’s not all fun and games being in a ska band… Okay, maybe there is a lot of fun involved, but there’s also long nights of touring, a noise no headphones could cancel, and fear of being eaten alive in a tent—before we get to that, though, let’s introduce the world’s most skankin’ ska band, Reel Big Fish.
It’s The Gunz Show, back again for another podcast. This week Gunz takes on the Alternative Press Music Awards with Mike Shea, and chats with Reel Big Fish about all things Vans Warped Tour.
Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish have announced a co-headlining tour set for this January, with support from Authority Zero.
Southern California ska-punk stalwart Reel Big Fish has been blazing a trail of angst-filled, shenanigan-loaded rock for 15 years now. And it seems their legendary summer treks are always a rite of passage for fans. This summer will be no different when the band takes its hi-jinx brand of ska/punk rock to the main stage of the Vans Warped Tour on a daily basis. Touring in support of their self-produced Monkeys For Nothin’ And The Chimps For Free release, singer Aaron Barrett is anxious to hit the road. ” We can’t wait to get back out on tour and get… Read more »
Aaron Barrett, lead singer of Reel Big Fish, is now a married man. Barrett married his girlfriend of two years Molly Terrence in Las Vegas last Wednesday, July 21. It is the first of two weddings for Reel Big Fish members. Bass player Matt Wong is getting hitched in Hawaii in a couple of weeks. All members of the band were in Vegas for Barrett’s wedding. Reel Big Fish finish up their Coast to Coast Roast tour in America this week.
Reel Big Fish and their friend and drummer for the past 4 years, Carlos De La Garza, have parted ways. The split is an amicable one as De La Garza has opted to pursue other things and spend more time with his wife and family. Filling in on drums for their upcoming summer tour is Justin Ferreria who also plays in Fish frontman Aaron Barrett’s side project, The Forces of Evil, and formally in Jeffries Fan Club and Longfellow. Opening for Reel Big Fish on the latest dates are Zebrahead, Wakefield and The Matches (with GOB and Riddlin Kids performing… Read more »
> [DB ERROR, CONNECTION ERROR] Reel Big Fish And The Starting Line (W/ The Kicks) Tour Dates: October 17, 2002 – Boston, MA – Avalon Ballroom October 19, 2002 – Philadelphia, PA – The Electric Factory October 20, 2002 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s heartbreak Hotel October 21, 2002 – Montreal, QUE,Canada – Metropolis October 23, 2002 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza October 24, 2002 – Plainview, NY – The Vanderbilt October 25, 2002 – Old Bridge, NJ – Birch Hill
