Punk rock’s superheroes, The Aquabats, formed in 1994 in Orange County as a way to have some harmless fun in a music scene that took itself too seriously. Their Paul Frank designed “power belts,” trademark rash guards, black eye masks, “anti-negativity” helmets and onstage antics quickly caught on, earning the group a fiercely loyal following that spans generations. Their line-up and music is continuously evolving, including Blink 182’s Travis Barker as former drummer "Baron Von Tito." In 2012, the band debuted The Aquabats! Super Show!, a live-action musical action comedy television series which aired on the Hub Network. The show received eight multiple Daytime EMMY nominations and one win. To date, The Aquabats’ music library includes The Return of the Aquabats (1996), The Fury of the Aquabats! (1997), The Aquabats vs. The Floating Eye of Death (1999), Myths, Legends and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 (2000), Yo! Check Out This Ride! (EP, 2004) Charge!! (2005), Radio Down! (EP, 2010), Hi-Five Soup! (2011), and 2020’s newest addition - full studio album Kooky Spooky... In Stereo! Current members are Christian Jacobs as “The MC Bat Commander” (lead singer), Chad Larson as “Crash McLarson” (bass, vocals), Ian Fowles as “Eaglebones Falconhawk” (guitar), Richard Falomir as “Ricky Fitness” (drums), and James Briggs, as "Jimmy the Robot” (keyboards, woodwinds, vocals). KOOKY SPOOKY (NEW ALBUM) BLURB Kids - it’s time to get spooked!! Kooky Spooky... in Stereo! is The Aquabats’ 6th studio album, the first since 2011’s High Five Soup! This energetic, eclectic album is prime Aquabats with all of the variety, quirk and fist-pumping rock you can handle! Take a walk on the weird side with songs like “Skeleton Inside!” and “No One Wants to Party!”, then jam to soon-to-be-classics like “Karate Body!” and “Dangerous Leon!” Crazy characters, maximum repeat listening and, yes, even horns... it’s all there! Release: TBA - estimated Early Summer 2020 THE AQUABATS! SUPER SHOW! BLURB Saturday morning favorite, The Aquabats! Super Show! now lives on YouTube! Thanks to a blockbuster Kickstarter campaign, The Aquabats have been releasing new episodes of their action adventure TV show for free! You can now see full-length classic episodes and brand new adventures on The Aquabats YouTube channel with guest stars from Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) to Weird Al Yankovic!

Left Alone’s sixth album, Checkers & Plaid, is coming in dangerously hot - featuring a heavy dosage of high energy Ska (Checkers) and Punk rock anthems (Plaid).  Recorded in a mere five days and engineered/co-produced by TJ Rivera (Mighty Mighty Bosstones & Rancid), the album’s 10 tracks find the California band at its most focused, relentless, and personal - unleashing a constant one-two punch of danceable ska and authentic punk hits. Vocalist/guitarist Elvis Cortez “We went into the studio to record this album like never before. The songs were not over rehearsed, and we built them as we went along.” Checkers & Plaid sees Left Alone continue their Southern California and Mexican culture clash with Te Quiero Ver, which features guest vocals from Big Javy of Mexican Ska legends, Inspector. Elvis shares, “Javy was on vacation over the weekend in the states and I invited him to a family fiesta on Saturday night. Left Alone was recording Monday so I asked him if he would be into singing on a song idea I had and thankfully he said yes. He is one of my favorite singers and sang his parts in one take, a total pro.” The album kicks off with ska firecracker The Darkness, which was recently featured on Ska Against Racism, the socially important and bestselling ska compilation, which raised over $80K for Black Lives Matter related charities. While the lyrics of The Darkness touch on the struggles associated with maintaining sobriety (and a little thing called love), Scars stresses the need to move on from toxic environments, and Blackhole is a cautionary tale about avoiding getting sucked into a relationship vortex. You could be mistaken for thinking the album closer, The Fix was written in response to the pandemic and our desperate need to attend a sweaty punk show amongst our fellow music lovers. However, the song was written and recorded over a year ago. Elvis says, “I wrote this song about how music makes me feel and how important it is to us all. From the artist to fan music is the language we all understand and feel that can unify us all.” Checkers & Plaid is out... on Smelvis/Hellcat Records