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Horchata Records
The discography of The Aquabats, an Orange County, California-based rock band, consists of seven studio albums, two compilation albums, one soundtrack album, three EPs, one live album, one video album and eight music videos, among other recordings. The Aquabats were initially formed as a ska band in 1994 by vocalist The MC Bat Commander, bassist Crash McLarson and trumpeter Catboy. Attracting a significant local cult following for their eccentric music and theatrical stage shows, the band independently recorded and released their debut LP, ''The Return of The Aquabats'', in 1995, ultimately selling over 24,000 copies without any distribution. After being signed to Goldenvoice Records in 1997, the band released their sophomore album, ''The Fury of The Aquabats!'', during the height of the American ska revival; it became their minor mainstream breakthrough, peaking at number 172 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The Aquabats' third album, 1999's '' The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aquabats
The Aquabats are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1994. Throughout many fluctuations in the group's line-up, singer Christian Jacobs, the MC Bat Commander and bassist Chad Larson, Crash McLarson have remained the band's two constant fixtures. As of 2024, the Aquabats' members include saxophonist Jimmy the Robot, drummer Richard Falomir, Ricky Fitness, guitarists Ian Fowles, Eaglebones Falconhawk and Courtney Pollock, Chainsaw, the Prince of Karate, trumpeter Boyd Terry, Cat Boy and keyboardist Gorney. Easily identified by their masks and matching costumes, the Aquabats are perhaps most recognized for their comedic persona in which they claim to be crime-fighting superheroes. This theme serves as subject for much of the band's music and as part of their theatrical stage shows, which typically feature various stunts and fight scenes with costumed villains and monsters. Musically, the Aquabats have continuously evolved over the course of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickstarter
Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of April 2025, Kickstarter has received US$8.71 billion in pledges from 24.1 million backers to fund 277,302 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, in which artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. History Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's National Endowment for the Arts, NEA". ''Time (magazine), Time'' named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMP (magazine)
''AMP Magazine'' (short for ''American Music Press Magazine'') was an American music magazine founded in 2002, by Brett Matthews, Lisa Root and John Joh. It featured interviews, album and live reviews and band journals. Online, it featured exclusive videos and audio, as well as video game reviews. It closed its doors on February 26, 2013, with its 112th issue having been published in November 2012. Root went on to form '' New Noise Magazine''. History ''AMP'' was published monthly by American Music Press, with a print run of 80,000 copies. It focused primarily on punk, hardcore and metal music. Some of the prominent editors were Lucas Andrews, John Joh, Johnathan Marshall, Lisa Root, Jake Round, Tony Shrum, Sean Stepp, Chris Taravella and Nick White. Matthews' beginning in music journalism started in 1996, with a fanzine he wrote titled ''Hit List''. It lasted three years. ''AMP Magazine'' came together in 2002, when he partnered with Lisa Root and John Joh. The trio eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi-Five Soup!
''Hi-Five Soup!'' is the fifth studio album from American band The Aquabats, released on January 18, 2011 by Fearless Records. Overview In interviews leading up to ''Hi-Five Soup!''s release, lead vocalist Christian Jacobs (The MC Bat Commander) described the album as "''Yo Gabba Gabba!''-meets-The Aquabats", noting " hethemes of the songs are just kind of silly and stupid...it's less trying to appeal to a little bit older crowd and just trying to appeal to the Halloween costume crowd". Of the album's music, he mentioned "there's more stripped down punk kind of sounds" and "we have been relying a lot more on the keyboards and there's a lot more electronic stuff in there, but I think kids will be surprised that there are some songs that sound a lot like old school Aquabats". Musically, ''Hi-Five Soup!'' continues in the guitar and keyboard-driven rock and new wave sounds that The Aquabats established on their previous album ''Charge!!'', though incorporates slightly stronger eleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Wave Music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop music, pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. It is considered a lighter and more melodic "broadening of Punk subculture, punk culture". It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock. Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many contemporary popular music styles, including synth-pop, alternative dance and post-punk. The main new wave movement coincided with late 1970s punk and continued into the early 1980s. The common characteristics of new wave music include a humorous or quirky pop approach, angular guitar riffs, jerky rhythms, the use of electronics, and a distinctive visual style in fashion. In the early 1980s, virtually every new pop and rock act – and particularly those that employed synthesizers – were tagged as "new wave" in the United States. Although new wave shares punk's do-it-yourself philosophy, the musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charge!!
''Charge!!'' is the fourth studio album by American comedy rock band The Aquabats, released on June 7, 2005 by Nitro Records. Following a nearly six year semi-hiatus which resulted in numerous line-up changes, ''Charge!!'' was The Aquabats' first studio album to showcase the band's radical shift in sound, featuring a reduced five-member line-up and a reinvented musical style of new wave-influenced rock and punk music. Released to largely positive reviews and several successful international tours, ''Charge!!'' effectively revitalized The Aquabats' then-stalling career into the new century. Overview Following their dismissal from Goldenvoice Records in 2000, The Aquabats entered a lengthy period of relative inactivity, bringing much of their touring and recording plans to a standstill and resulting in the eventual departure of several of the band's key members, including the loss of their once prominent horn section. In 2004, The Aquabats independently released the EP '' Yo! Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitro Records
Nitro Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1994 and operated by The Offspring's Dexter Holland and Greg K. Nitro is famous for being an incubator for punk rock artists who have subsequently become successful, most notably AFI. The label has also released albums from classic punk bands, including The Damned and T.S.O.L. In July 2013, Bicycle Music acquired Nitro Records. Former bands * 30 Foot Fall * AFI * The Aquabats * A Wilhelm Scream * Bodyjar * Bullet Train to Vegas * Crime in Stereo * The Damned * Divit * Don't Look Down * Enemy You * Ensign Ensign most often refers to: * Ensign (flag), a flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality * Ensign (rank), a navy (and former army) officer rank Ensign or The Ensign may also refer to: Places * Ensign, Alberta, Alberta, Canada * Ensign, Ka ... * Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners * Guttermouth * Hit The Switch * Jughead's Revenge * The Letters Organize * Lost City Angels * Much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo! Check Out This Ride! EP
''Yo! Check Out This Ride! EP'' is an extended play, EP by American band the Aquabats, independently recorded and released by the band themselves in 2004. Overview After being dismissed from Goldenvoice Records in 2000 and subsequently failing to find another record label, the Aquabats entered an extended period of relative inactivity in the first half of the 2000s, delaying all plans for extensive touring or future recording due to financial constraints. ''Yo! Check Out This Ride!!'', the Aquabats' first self-produced album since 1996's ''The Return of the Aquabats'', was recorded to both appease the band's fanbase after four years of no new material, as well as to serve as a potential demo (music), demo to attract interest from record labels. This would ultimately prove successful, as the Aquabats were signed to Nitro Records later in the year. ''Yo! Check Out This Ride!'' was recorded during a transitional period in the Aquabats' career. Following the departure of trumpeter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearless Records
Fearless Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and is best known for its early pop punk moments captured in the ''Fearless Flush Sampler'' and ''Punk Bites'' releases, as well as additional releases by bands such as Bigwig and Dynamite Boy; and later Sugarcult; Plain White T's; The Aquabats; Amely; and post-hardcore releases by At the Drive-In and Anatomy of a Ghost. However, the label has experimented with different styles in recent years. Acts such as Blessthefall, Bloodywood, The Word Alive, Ice Nine Kills, Mayday Parade, Pierce The Veil, Starset, The Pretty Reckless, Underoath and The Color Morale have showcased post-hardcore, metalcore, hard rock and alternative rock bands that have emerged in recent years. Fearless Records' releases were distributed in the US by RED Distribution, but after Concord Music Group's purchase of the label in 2015, it is now distributed by Universal Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serious Awesomeness!
''Serious Awesomeness!'' is a two-disc live DVD by American band The Aquabats, released on Fearless Records on November 18, 2003. Overview Disc one of ''Serious Awesomeness'' contains a full-length recording of a live concert performance by The Aquabats at The Glass House club in Pomona, California in February 2003, accompanied by two official music videos and a documentary featurette on the band. The second disc features numerous live clips spanning The Aquabats' career from 1994 to 2003. Content listing ;Seriously Awesome! Live in Pomona, Feb. 2003 #"Giant Robot Birdhead" #"Lovers of Loving Love" #"Martian Girl" #"Pizza Day" #"Cat With 2 Heads" #"Danger Woman" #"Playdough" #"Red Sweater" #"Powdered Milk Man" #" Super Rad" #"Pool Party" #"The Story of Nothing" *"A Band Called the Aquabats!: A Sweaty History of Radness!" documentary *"Super Rad!" music video *"CD Repo Man!" music video ;Sweet Clips That Rip! #"Journey to the Stars" + Prince Adam's hand solo (Pomona, CA - 1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
