Brian Wayne Klemm (born May 21, 1982) is an American musician, best known as the

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ist for Orange County-based

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Suburban Legends Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their numerous regular perfor ...

. He joined Suburban Legends in 1999, shortly before the release of ''Origin Edition'', although he did not play guitar on the album. Klemm also briefly joined Big D and the Kids Table in 2009 as their touring guitarist until 2010. Klemm also occasionally performs with

Reel Big Fish Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album '' Turn the Radio Off''. So ...

. He also lends his voice to both versions of the song "Desperate", "This Cherry", "Powerful Game", "So Fine", and "Your Girlfriend's Pretty." He also sings live covers of

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" and

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's "Rubberneckin'". Klemm is based in

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Other work

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's '' Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free'', Brian performed one half of the guitar solo fight on "I'm Her Man" and provided additional cursing on "Another F.U. Song." He also appears on the cover of Reel Big Fish's 2009 album, '' Fame, Fortune and Fornication'', in the same hair metal costume he wore for the cover of Suburban Legends' ''

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''. Klemm provides backup vocals on "Your Girlfriend Sucks", from Reel Big Fish's 2012 album, '' Candy Coated Fury''. * Though Nick Pantazi took over guitar duties before the recording of Big D and the Kids Table's 2011 album, ''

For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious ''For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious'' is the sixth studio album by the Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table, released on July 5, 2011 by Side One Dummy Records. The two men pictured on the album cover are Jon Cauztik from the Have ...

'', Klemm received writing credit on the track "Clothes Off". Several years before his stint in Big D, along with Vince Walker, he made an appearance in one of the many music videos for

Big D and the Kids Table Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork in Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records a ...

's cover of

The Specials The Specials, also known as the Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, J ...

' song "Little Bitch". * Klemm, along with

Vincent Walker Vincent Francis Walker (born March 2, 1980), better known as Vince Walker, is an American multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead singer of third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He was formerly the lead trumpet player and left sometime afte ...

, make an appearance on Uh Oh! Explosion's second album For The Win!, Track 4, titled "Five Finger Discount", & Track 11, titled "Be Like The Anti-Christ" - (Klemm-O-Tronic Guitar Solo Only). *Klemm also tours with Dave Wakeling's lineup of Two Tone band The Beat on their UK shows.

References

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