I sat down with Lionize keyboard player Chris Brooks before the band's big, 12/23 show at the House of Blues with Reel Big Fish and Streetlight Manifesto to talk about how their reggae/rock jams are received by ska fans, their upcoming stint with Lucero, and what it was like playing Warped Tour and Bonnaroo in the same year. ...
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I seem to mention this in every ska review that I write, but I have a huge soft spot for the oft-, and unfairly, maligned subgenre of third-wave ska punk that dominated MTV and radio airwaves when I was young. One of the bands that was on constant rotation for me and thousands of other 13 year olds during this time was Reel Big Fish, the poster children of the sillier, sunnier southern California style of ska. ...
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