"Trendy" by: Reel Big Fish
             Turn The Radio Off
            
            
            
             Reel Big Fish is a ska/punk band from Orange County California that came
            
             into the music scene after the success of the other bands No Doubt and Sublime. They
            
             broke into the music scene during the summer of 1997, when their single "Sell Out"
            
             became modern rock radio and an MTV favorite. "Reel Big Fish" was originally a trio
            
             made of a vocalist/guitarist Aaron Barrett, bassist Matt Wong and drummer Andrew
            
             Gonzales. At that time the band was a rock band. After many months, the band
            
             discovered ska and decided to add horn players. "Reel Big Fish" had a hard time
            
             maintaining a stable horn section, and it took several years before their final horn section
            
             (Tavis Werts-Trumpet, Scott Klopfenstein-trumpet/vocals, Grant Barry-Trombone, Dan
            
             Regan-Trombone) fell into place.
            
            
            
             With this new and final lineup Reel Big Fish recorded their debut album,
            
             "Everything Sucks". They released it themselves in 1995. "Everything Sucks" became a
            
             ska/punk hit underground by word of mouth. A little while later the band signed with
            
             record label Mojo Records. Joy Rifkin, the labels president, produced "Reel Big Fish's"
            
             first album "Turn the Radio Off" for Mojo. "Turn The Radio Off" was released in August
            
             of 1996. The group toured in support of the album continually, expanding their fan base.
            
             In the spring of 1997, their single "Sell Out" began receiving heavy airplay from many
            
             influential modern rock stations in the US This soon led to MTV support for the song's
            
             video. By summer time "Sell Out" had become a modern rock hit. The album had charted
            
             in the Top 100. In July of 1997 "Reel Big Fish" released "Keep You Receipt", which
            
             contained "Sell Out" and other outtakes, new songs and some live cuts.
            
            
            
            
             One of my personal favorites fro...