The Atomic Fireballs is a Detroit band led by vocalist/songwriter John Bunkley. The group was formed during 1996 and is composed of Bunkley on vocals, James Bostek on trumpet, Tony Buccilli on trombone, Duke Kingins on guitar, Shawn Scaggs on double bass, Eric Schabo on tenor sax, Geoff Kinde on Drums and Randy Sly on piano. The band was discovered by former Kid Rock manager Michael Rand. After booking the band nearly 60 concerts Michael began the process of introducing the band to several major record labels. Eventually Lava Records President Jason Flom came on board with Rand. The Band was signed to Lava Records

Lava Records

Lava Records is an American based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated through Universal Republic Records.-Company history:...

 by A&R Executives Rick Goetz and Jason Flom

Jason Flom

Jason Flom is an American music industry executive. He has served as the Chairman and CEO of music labels including Atlantic Records, Virgin Records, and the Capitol Music Group. In 1995, he founded Lava Records...

  From September 1999 until the band's demise, Scaggs was replaced by Seán E. Harris on double bass and Bostek was replaced by Kenneth Ferry, Jr, on trumpet. The Atomic Fireballs have released two albums, Birth of the Swerve, which was released independently in 1998,Produced by dB at Tanglewood Studio in Brookfield IL, and Torch This Place

Torch This Place

Torch This Place is an album made in 1999 by the Atomic Fireballs.-Track listing:#Man with the Hex#Mata Hari#Swing Street Pussycat#Caviar & Chitlins#Lover Lies#Spanish Fly#Pango Pango#Hit by a Brick#Calypso King#Drink Drank Drunk...

, which was released on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 in 1999. Though they are jump blues

Jump blues

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 inspired, some listeners have placed them under the Swing Revival

Swing Revival

The Swing Revival was a late 1990s and early 2000s period of renewed popular interest in swing and jump blues music and dance from the 1930s and 1940s as exemplified by Louis Prima, often mixed with a more contemporary rock, rockabilly or ska sound, known also as neo-swing or retro...

 label. The band's biggest hit, "Man with the Hex", was included on the soundtracks of American Pie

American Pie (film)

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, Scooby Doo

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and The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion (film)

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, was used in several TV shows, most notably Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek

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and was featured on both Dancing With the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

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 and So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)

So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...

 as a quickstep. Visuals of the band performing "Swing Sweet Pussycat" are shown in the closing credits

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 of the 1999 film Three to Tango

Three to Tango

Three to Tango is a 1999 romantic comedy film starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott and Oliver Platt.- Plot :Set amidst Chicago's swing music revival of the late 1990s, Oscar Novak , an aspiring architect and his business partner, Peter Steinberg , have just landed a career-making...

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Bunkley was the former frontman for Ska band Gangster Fun.