◇ image via WikipediaReel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Operation Ivy, Brown Eyed Girl, Goldfinger and Lit. Those roots explain a lot about how Reel Big Fish arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Less Than Jake, Catch 22, Goldfinger, Streetlight Manifesto and The Aquabats, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Skints, Rx Bandits, Suburban Legends, New Years Day and Gyroscope, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Reel Big Fish, reaching back through The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and forward to The Skints. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
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. Soon after, the band lost mainstream recognition but gained an underground cult following, operating as an independent band since 2006. Frontman Aaron Barrett has been the only consistent member of the band from its founding throughout its numerous lineup changes.
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Reel Big Fish connections
Reel Big Fish grew out of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Operation Ivy, Brown Eyed Girl and Goldfinger, shares an orbit with Less Than Jake, Catch 22, Goldfinger and Streetlight Manifesto, went on to shape The Skints, Rx Bandits, Suburban Legends and New Years Day. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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