Everything Sucks was Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...

's first full-length album. It was recorded at Sound Art Studios in 1994 and 1995, and released in 1995 on Reel Big Fish's independent label Piss Off Records. The album was engineered by John Gregorius.

An EP

Extended play

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 version of the album was released by Mojo Records

Mojo Records

Mojo Records was a California-based record label founded in 1995 by producer Jay Rifkin. It became a joint venture with Universal Music Group in 1996 and then sold to the Zomba Group in 2001, who placed it under their subsidiary Jive Records...

 after Reel Big Fish released Turn the Radio Off

Turn the Radio Off

Turn the Radio Off is the second full-length album by ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on Mojo Records.The single "Sell Out" received radio airplay and was a minor success during that year. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games FIFA 2000,...

in 1996. The full album was re-released by Mojo in 2000, with a slightly altered track list, and the music video for the song "Everything Sucks", able to be viewed through a computer's CD-ROM drive. The original album is long out of print, and highly sought after by Reel Big Fish fans. The original release features an alternate version of "S.R." and refers to bands such as The Nuckle Brothers

Nuckle Brothers

The Nuckle Brothers were a third wave ska band from Huntington Beach that was part of the early 1990s Orange County, California music scene, inspiring such bands as Reel Big Fish, Save Ferris and The Aquabats. Playing their first show in March 1992 at the Ocean View High School Battle of the Bands,...

, No Doubt

No Doubt

No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...

, and Sublime

Sublime (band)

Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...

; it is not included on the Mojo release.

Most of the songs on this record could be classified as "lo-fi"; they were recorded when Reel Big Fish was still maturing as a band (some members were still in high school). The majority of the tracks were rerecorded for Turn the Radio Off

Turn the Radio Off

Turn the Radio Off is the second full-length album by ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on Mojo Records.The single "Sell Out" received radio airplay and was a minor success during that year. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games FIFA 2000,...

, Why Do They Rock So Hard, and Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps For Free

Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free

Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free is the sixth studio album from Reel Big Fish, and their first studio album since being dropped by Jive Records. It was released on July 10, 2007....

. "Spin The Globe" had been recorded earlier, on their demo In The Good Old Days..., and a few other songs were taken from their 1994 demos Buy This! and Return of the Mullet. The only songs from this album that have not yet appeared on any other Reel Big Fish album are "Boyfriend," "Fo' Head," "Jig," "Go Away" and "Super Hero #5." The song on Turn The Radio Off entitled "Everything Sucks" was named after this album.

The child on the album cover is Matt Wong

Matt Wong

Matthew Wong, is a bassist and one of the founding members of the California-based ska punk band, Reel Big Fish...

's younger sister.

Track listing

1. "I'm Cool" – 1:43
2. "Join the Club" – 3:11
3. "Call You" – 3:04
4. "Hate You" – 3:27
5. "I'll Never Be" – 4:05
6. "Boyfriend" – 3:49
7. "Fo' Head" – 2:04
8. "Trendy" – 3:25
9. "Skatanic" – 3:13
10. "Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat?" – 2:21
11. "Say 'Ten'" – 2:22
12. "I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend" – 3:17
13. "Jig" – 1:37
14. "Go Away" – 1:16
15. "Beer" – 3:40
16. "Snoop Dog, Baby" – 3:32
17. "Big Fuckin' Star" – 3:12
18. "Fuck Yourself" – 2:45
19. "Spin the Globe" – 4:21
20. "I'm Her Man" – 3:48
21. "Super Hero #5" – 3:30

Track 19 is a hidden track on the 1995 version. It is only listed on the 2000 re-issue.
Tracks 20 and 21 are only included in the 2000 re-issue.

EP Version

1. Join the Club
2. I'll Never Be
3. Beer
4. Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat?
5. Call You
6. Go Away

Band

• Aaron Barrett
  Aaron Barrett
  Aaron Asher Barrett is the lead singer, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter for the band Reel Big Fish. Prior to forming with Reel Big Fish, Barrett played trombone in another ska-punk act, The Scholars, along with future Reel Big Fish bandmates Scott Klopfenstein and Grant Barry...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Matt Wong
  Matt Wong
  Matthew Wong, is a bassist and one of the founding members of the California-based ska punk band, Reel Big Fish...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Andrew Gonzales – drum
  Drum kit
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• Dan Regan
  Dan Regan
  Dan Regan is the trombone player for the Southern California-based ska punk band Reel Big Fish. Regan has also played trombone in The Littlest Man Band with Scott Klopfenstein and currently has a hip-hop side project under the alias Black Casper.- External links :...
  
   – trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
  
• Tavis Werts – trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  
• Robert Quimby – trombone
• Adam Polakoff – saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  

Production

• Zack Shutt – executive producer
• Patrick McDowell – A&R
• Adam Redner – art direction, design
• John Gregorious – engineer, mixing
• Kristine Ripley – art direction, design
• Lisa Johnson – photography