![]() ![]() In 2006 the band released Love Their Country on which they covered country songs it was accompanied by the "Square Dance Series" of square-shaped 7"s. A live album, Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah, followed in 2004 recorded at an actual bar mitzvah, it found the band covering karaoke favorites. Also that year, Shiflett left No Use For A Name and joined the Foo Fighters.ΔΆ001's Blow In The Wind covered 1960s pop hits, while 2003's Take A Break tackled the R&B genre. Are A Drag followed in 1999, consisting of showtunes from musicals. Several of these songs, along with a few new recordings, comprised their first studio album, 1997's Have A Ball. Their early releases were 7" singles of songs from the 1960s/1970s "AM Gold" era, named after the artists being covered: "Denver" for John Denver, "Billy" for Billy Joel, etc. The band was formed by bassist "Fat Mike" Burkett ( NOFX), guitarists Joey Cape ( Lagwagon) and Chris Shiflett (then of No Use For A Name, using the alias "Jake Jackson"), drummer Dave Raun (then of Rich Kids On LSD, soon to join Lagwagon), and singer Spike Slawson (who worked in the Fat Wreck Chords warehouse and later joined Swingin' Utters). The bulk of their output has been on Fat Wreck Chords, with some singles and EPs released on other independent labels. Each of their albums has a different musical theme. They reinterpret popular songs in a punk rock style, often working in musical interpretations of existing punk songs. Punk rock supergroup that exclusively performs cover songs, formed in 1995 by musicians on the Fat Wreck Chords roster. ![]()
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