Bowling for Soup

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Bowling for Soup

Background information
Origin Flag of United States Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Genre(s) Pop punk
Years active 1994–present
Label(s) Sony BMG, Jive, FFROE, Queso
Website http://www.bowlingforsoup.com/
Members
Jaret Reddick
Erik Chandler
Chris Burney
Gary Wiseman
Former members
Lance Morril

Bowling for Soup is a Grammy nominated, comedy influenced pop punk band originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994. Now based in Denton, Texas, the band is best known for their singles "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" (a 2003 Grammy Award nominee) and "1985," which was written by SR-71. They have sold over a million copies of their studio albums, including a covers album.

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[edit] History

Bowling for Soup was formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994 by Jaret Reddick (lead vocals, guitar), Erik Chandler (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chris Burney (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Lance Morril (drums, backing vocals). Morril left the band in 1998 (on good terms) and was replaced by Gary Wiseman. The band's name is derived from comedian Steve Martin's "Bowling for Shit" routine from his 1978 comedy album, Wild and Crazy Guy, itself a reference to Bowling for Dollars. In 1998, the band relocated to Denton, Texas and recorded their first studio album]] Rock On Honorable Ones!!! in 1998 for Denton music label FFROE. Bowling for Soup released their first studio album, Tell Me When To Whoa!!!, through FFROE later that year. The album sold over 10,000 copies, prompting Jive Records to sign the band.Let's Do It for Johnny! , Bowling for Soup's major label debut, was released on Jive in 2000. The album mostly contained re-recordings of their previous material, but it also contained a few new tracks and a cover of Bryan Adams' song "Summer of '69".

[edit] 2002: Drunk Enough to Dance

In 2002, the band recorded their second major label album, Drunk Enough to Dance. The lead single from the album, "Girl All the Bad Guys Want", became a top 10 hit in the UK and a top 100 hit in the US. The next year, the single was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo". The success of the single helped Drunk Enough to Dance reach #2 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers album chart, with a peak of #129 on the Billboard 200. The follow up single, "Emily" did not fare so well, climbing to a disappointing #67 in the UK Singles chart and not even charting in the US. Bowling For Soup's record label felt that a third single should be released, because of the success of "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" but did not feel any of the remaining songs on Drunk Enough to Dance were single material. So the band recorded a new song, "Punk Rock 101" to release as the third single. The song was included on a re-issue of the album Drunk Enough to Dance. The single was more successful than "Emily", climbing to #43 in the UK Singles Chart. In support of their album, Bowling For Soup enbarked on a UK tour, being supported by such UK bands as [spunge].

[edit] 2004: A Hangover You Don't Deserve

A Hangover You Don't Deserve was the band's most successful album.
A Hangover You Don't Deserve was the band's most successful album.

A Hangover You Don't Deserve followed two years later, and has become the band's only top 40 album. Sales of the album were driven in large part by the radio airplay of the single "1985", a song written by the band SR-71. Mitch Allan, lead singer of SR-71, contributed background vocals to the song. "1985" became Bowling for Soup's biggest hit in the US, reaching #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. A second single from A Hangover You Don't Deserve, titled "Almost", charted at #100 on the UK Singles Chart, #46 on the US Top 100, and #23 on US Pop 100. "Ohio", better known as "Come Back to Texas", was also released as a radio single in the US, but was not as popular as "1985" or "Almost", reaching only #59 on the US Pop 100.

Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies, a compilation album of cover songs and contributions to movie soundtracks, was released by the band in 2005. Later that year, Jaret Reddick and Chris Burney made several appearances on VH1's "I Love the '90s: Part Deux".

[edit] 2006: The Great Burrito Extortion Case

Following the release of their covers album, Bowling for Soup spent most of 2006 readying their seventh studio album, entitled The Great Burrito Extortion Case, which was released on November 7, 2006. They released the first single off that album, "High School Never Ends", to iTunes on September 19, 2006. The music video for "High School Never Ends" debuted in the UK on December 8 2006 on Kerrang TV and is currently available to select from their playlist. The band embarked on a US tour in support of the release of their new album, which ended in late January 2007. This was followed by a UK tour in early February 2007. Coinciding with this UK tour was the UK release of the album on 5th February 2007, a full 3 months after the US release. The tour is called The Get Happy Tour and as well as Bowling For Soup, Wheatus, Son of Dork and Army of Freshmen took part on the 11 date trek, which concluded at Hammersmith Palais in London.

Bowling For Soup confirmed during the Get Happy Tour that they will be performing another tour of the UK in October 2007, called the Get Happy Tour 2 and also that they would play at this year's Download Festival in June. They also plan on releasing 'Im gay' as the next single in the UK in early Summer.

[edit] Members

[edit] Current Members

  • Jaret Reddick - Lead Vocals, Guitar
  • Erik Chandler - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Chris Burney - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Gary Wiseman - boobies

[edit] Former Members

  • Lance Morril - Drums, Backing Vocals yokomo

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
UK Singles Chart US Modern Rock US Hot 100 US Pop 100
2000 "The Bitch Song" - - - - Let's Do It for Johnny!
2000 "Suckerpunch" - - - - Let's Do It for Johnny!
2002 "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" 8 38 64 - Drunk Enough to Dance
2002 "Emily" 67 - - - Drunk Enough to Dance
2003 "Punk Rock 101" 43 - - - Drunk Enough to Dance
2004 "1985" 35 - 23 - A Hangover You Don't Deserve
2005 "Almost" 100 - 46 23 A Hangover You Don't Deserve
2005 "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" - - - 59 A Hangover You Don't Deserve
2006 "I Melt With You" - - - - Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies
2006 "High School Never Ends" 40 - 97 79 The Great Burrito Extortion Case
2007 "When We Die" - - - - The Great Burrito Extortion Case

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Bowling for Soup
Jaret Reddick | Erik Chandler | Chris Burney | Gary Wiseman
Lance Morril
Discography
Albums/EPs: Bowling for Soup | Cell Mates | Rock On Honorable Ones!!! | Tell Me When to Whoa! | Let's Do It for Johnny! | Drunk Enough to Dance | A Hangover You Don't Deserve | Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies | The Great Burrito Extortion Case
Singles: "The Bitch Song" | "Suckerpunch" | "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" | "Emily" | "Punk Rock 101" | "1985" | "Almost" | "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" | "I Melt With You" | "High School Never Ends" | "When We Die"
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Labels: Sony BMG Music Entertainment | Jive Records | FFROE | Queso Records
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