Jaret Reddick

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Jaret Reddick
Background information
Birth name Jaret Reddick
Born March 6, 1972
Origin Grapevine, Texas
Genre(s) Alternate Punk
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar
Label(s) Jive
Associated
acts
Bowling For Soup

Jaret Reddick (born March 6, 1972 in Grapevine, Texas) is the lead vocalist/guitarist for pop punk band Bowling For Soup. He plays a trademark guitar that has a flag of Texas design on it.


[edit] Background

Jaret Reddick (aka Jaret Von Erich) was born in Grapevine, Texas. He is the youngest of 6 children, with four sisters and 1 brother, named Danny. He went to Cunningham Elementary School, Wichita Falls, TX. He graduated from S.H. Rider High School in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1990. In high school, he played snare drum in the marching band.

[edit] Bowling For Soup

Bowling For Soup formed in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Their name derives from Bowling For Shit, a comedy routine by Steve Martin. Jaret is the main songwriter for the band, penning such BFS hits as Girl All the Bad Guys Want and Punk Rock 101, as well as playing lead guitar. He also likes Iron Maiden with his favourite song being Paschendale inspired by his old history teacher Dave McGill.

[edit] Trivia

  • Jaret once said that the coolest person on earth is Mötley Crüe bass player Nikki Sixx.
  • His favourite Pulp Fiction quote is "Pretty please, with sugar on top, clean the fucking car" (The line is said by Harvey Keitel's character, Winston Wolf).
  • Jaret appears in the song "Download this song", by artist Mc Lars
  • Jaret also makes appearances on 3 songs on the Army of Freshmen album, Under the Radar.
  • Jaret has two children, one girl and a baby son.
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"
Related articles
Labels: Sony BMG Music Entertainment | Jive Records | FFROE | Queso Records
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