Bowling for Soup

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- Let's Do It for Johnny!
- Released 2000

- A Hangover You Don't Deserve
- Released 2004

- The Great Burrito Extortion Case
- Released 2006

- Let's Do It For Johnny!!
- Released 2000

biography

The cheeky punk-pop outfit Bowling for Soup was formed in 1994 in Wichita Falls, TX, featuring lead vocalist/guitarist Jaret Reddick, guitarist/vocalist Chris Burney, bassist Erik Chandler, and drummer Gary Wiseman. However, the group didn't rise beyond local prominence until 1997, when a heavy touring schedule helped broaden their fan base and landed them opening spots for nationally prominent punk and ska bands. The following year, Bowling for Soup recorded a debut EP for the local FFROE label, titled Tell Me When to Whoa!; by this point, their base of operations had been moved to Denton, TX, the site of the label's headquarters as well. Later in 1998, Bowling for Soup issued their first full-length album, Rock on Honorable Ones!!!. Both it and its predecessor proved to be popular around the state (Honorable Ones sold over 10,000 copies alone) and the band ended up scoring a deal with Jive/Silvertone.

For their 2000 major-label debut, Let's Do It for Johnny!, Bowling for Soup re-recorded some of the best songs from their indie records and added a few new tracks, including lead single "The Bitch Song" and a cover of Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69." Two years later, the band released Drunk Enough to Dance, and nabbed a Grammy nomination for the single "Girl All the Bad Guys Want." Hangover You Don't Deserve followed in 2004, and BFS landed another hit single with "1985," which helped propel Hangover to number 37 on the Billboard 200. Bowling for Soup returned in 2005 with Goes to the Movies, on which they tackled various television and movie theme songs. The Great Burrito Extortion Case followed in the fall of 2006, spearheaded by the bouncy single "High School Never Ends," while Sorry for Partyin' -- the band's seventh studio effort -- arrived in late 2009. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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- - bfsrocks: 5 BFS tracks to vote for in Absolute Radio's Song of the Decade poll! http://bit.ly/votebfs
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  - bfsrocks: 5 BFS tracks to vote for in Absolute Radio's Song of the Decade poll! http://bit.ly/votebfs

- - bfsrocks: I sent a msg! Call my #SayNow at 214-666-6228 or click http://bit.ly/6nz0zB to listen to it
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  - bfsrocks: I sent a msg! Call my #SayNow at 214-666-6228 or click http://bit.ly/6nz0zB to listen to it

- - bfsrocks: I'm live on #SayNow and taking calls at 214-666-6228
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  - bfsrocks: I'm live on #SayNow and taking calls at 214-666-6228

- - bfsrocks: Tonight we made day off history once again by not doing one thing. Amazing how those are the days you rememeber most. Thanks Pittsburgh! #fb
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  - bfsrocks: Tonight we made day off history once again by not doing one thing. Amazing how those are the days you rememeber most. Thanks Pittsburgh! #fb

- - bfsrocks: Jarets podcast is on iTunes! http://bit.ly/bfs-it-pc1 #fb
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  - bfsrocks: Jarets podcast is on iTunes! http://bit.ly/bfs-it-pc1 #fb

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- - Really good band.
  - - By Jake G73
    - 10/4/2009 01:18:05
  - Oh and TheNewWorldMan4 stop being immature and look up the original name of the word gay.
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- - That guy is a fat ass
  - - By TheNewWorldMan4
    - 9/27/2009 16:00:11
  - they have a album called I'm gay wow they know they suck. (cock that is) And the fact that they were at Ozzfest makes me sick.
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- - Pop-punk at it's funnest!
  - - By Nick Remag
    - 9/11/2009 19:54:16
  - Bowling For Soup does pop-punk right! And their songs are too true to the fact that music is far too depressing and emotional these days...BFS goes out on a limb to make sure people laugh and have a good time listening to their music!
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