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band

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. It was released June 28, 2003, in Los Angeles, California by Lobster Girl Records. The album initially sold 15,000 copies and was subsequently released on Brand New Hero Records in the UK. It was produced by

John Avila John Avila (born January 14, 1957) is an American bassist and music producer, best known for being in the new wave band Oingo Boingo from 1984 to 1995. John is currently touring with Walter Trout. Career Avila co-founded the music group Food ...

, former bassist of

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, one of the band's major influences. In 2005, when the band was featured as

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's Artist of the Day, Tim Maurer jokes of the experience, "We went to vila'shouse. We strapped him down to a bed. We played our music in the CD player 20,000 times. We fed him only a diet of oatmeal and gruel. He agreed then to produce our album. And we paid him and we thanked him and it was fun. And it was good. And it was fun." On January 1, 2011, the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band performed the song "You" live on national television in the 2011

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and Underground Communiqué Records set up and successfully crowdfunded a

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project in 2011, which allowed a re-release of ''Rump Shaker'' on vinyl in 2012 alongside

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' ''

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'',

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's ''Before You Knew Better'', and

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' self-titled album.

Track listing

#"High Fives" – 4:24 #"You" – 3:59 #"Bright Spring Morning" – 4:04 #"Up All Night" – 4:13 #"Blingity Bling" – 2:36 #"Autumn in the Park" – 3:56 #"Powerful Game" – 3:29 #"Zanzibar" – 3:58 #"All the Nights" – 2:53 #"Do it for the Kids" – 3:52 #"Last Dance" – 5:04

Music videos

Promotional music videos were released for "High Fives" and "Up All Night". The video for "High Fives" was a compilation of clips of the band performing at the

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and visiting a fair. The music video for "Up All Night" features an animated version of the band, based on Nic Cowan's ''Rump Shaker'' album artwork, performing in the streets of Tokyo, which subsequently comes under attack from a giant lizard called Skazilla.

Personnel

Regular members *

Tim Maurer Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska, Orange County ska sce ...

– lead vocals * Vince Walker – trumpet, vocals on "Blingity Bling" and "Powerful Game", backing vocals *

Aaron Bertram Aaron Bertram (born April 3, 1981, in Lubbock, Texas) is a trumpet player for third wave ska band Suburban Legends, and member of the children's music group Kids Imagine Nation. In the past he has taught music and movement to preschool students ...

– trumpet, vocals on "Powerful Game", backing vocals * Brian Robertson –

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, backing vocals * Dallas Cook –

Brian Klemm Brian Wayne Klemm (born May 21, 1982) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist for Orange County-based third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He joined Suburban Legends in 1999, shortly before the release of ''Origin Edition'', althou ...

– lead guitar, vocals on "Powerful Game", backing vocals *

Chris Maurer 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 ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals * Derek Lee Rock – drums Guest musicians *Tubazar –

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("Autumn in the Park" & "Zanzibar") * Yoko Nishiguchi, Brent Toda, Walter Tsushima & Evan Webb – from Nishikaze Taiko ("Bright Spring Morning & "Zanzibar")

References

{{Authority control Suburban Legends albums 2003 albums Albums produced by John Avila