Buck-O-Nine

Buck-O-Nine
Performing live in Santa Ana, CA 2012
Background information
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	Ska, Third wave ska, Ska punk, Reggae rock, Celtic punk
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Taang!, TVT, Offramp, Moon Ska Europe, Asian Man
Website	http://www.buckonine.com/
Members	Dan Albert Anthony Curry Steve Bauer Jon Pebsworth Jonas Kleiner Andy Platfoot Craig Yarnold
Past members	Jeff Hawthorne Scott Kennerly John Bell

Buck-O-Nine is an American ska punk band which was formed in San Diego in 1991. The band has toured internationally and released several albums and EPs, as well as appearing on compilations and film soundtracks. During the mid-to-late 1990s, they experienced mainstream success with the release of the album Twenty-Eight Teeth and its most successful single, My Town. Estimates put combined worldwide album sales at approximately 400,000. As the popularity of third-wave ska waned, Buck-O-Nine stopped touring full-time in 2000, but continues to perform regularly throughout California and much of the Southwestern United States. Since 2001, the band has also performed in the UK, Canada, Mexico and Hawaii.

Buck-O-Nine released its fifth studio album, entitled Sustain, on August 7, 2007 on Asian Man Records.

Buck-O-Nine formed around the end of 1991, when the original member of the band, Scott Kennerly, placed a newspaper ad and Steve Bauer and Craig Yarnold answered and began playing with the earliest incarnation of the band. Previous to Buck-O-Nine, saxophone player, Craig Yarnold was in a Ska band called the Spy Kids, which also included Matt Hensley from the band Flogging Molly on guitar, and Scott Russo from the band Unwritten Law on keyboard. By very early 1992, Buck-O-Nine had played its first live club gig, opening for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the Spirit Club (now Brick By Brick) in San Diego, California. After the first few shows, the lead singer was replaced by Jon Pebsworth, and Dan Albert and Tony Curry joined the band to fill out the horn section.

There are several stories about where Buck-O-Nine's name came from. One was that someone used the phrase in the context of a joke they were telling ("yo mamma don't weigh more than a buck-o-nine," or something to that effect). Another version was the band pooled their money for beer and all they had was a dollar and nine cents.[1]