Monique Powell
| Save Ferris | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Orange County, California, United States |
| Genres | Ska punk |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG/Starpool/Epic/Columbia |
| Associated acts | The MojoWire Starpool PopBritannica Nuckle Brothers |
| Members | Monique Powell Gordon Bash Brandon Dickert Patrick Ferguson Erik Hughes Alex Burke Alexander Mathias Connor McElwain |
| Past members | José Castellaños Brian Mashburn Bill Uechi Eric Zamora Mark Harismendy Brian "T-Bone Willy" Williams Evan Kilbourne Steve 'Baby Bird' White Oliver Zavala Adrienne Knolff Steve Cordero Jesse Tunnell Denny Weston Jr. Joe Berry |
Save Ferris is a ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California. Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
The band came together after the dissolution of a number of Orange County, California bands. With the band working together under their own “Starpool” label, they began to book shows around Southern California to a great underground response.
The band released their debut EP Introducing Save Ferris on their own label, Starpool Records in 1996, and ended up selling close to 20,000 copies of their EP “out of the trunks of their cars.” That year, Powell provided vocals on the Reel Big Fish song "She Has A Girlfriend Now" from their album Turn the Radio Off (Mojo), which is considered one of RBF’s most requested songs to date.
Riding a wave of support from fans all over Southern California, Save Ferris became favorites of KROQ radio’s legendary “Rodney on the Rock”, which resulted in regular airplay on LA’s world-famous KROQ radio station, possibly being the first unsigned band to do this in LA alternative radio history. Later that year, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave the band a Grammy showcase award for best-unsigned band, earning them a recording contract with Epic Records (SONY).
The band released their debut full-length album, It Means Everything, for Epic in 1997. The album featured several re-recorded tracks from the EP, some new songs, and a cover of Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen, which became the band’s most successful single to date. It Means Everything also featured the single "The World is New," which was featured in the film The Big Hit starring Mark Wahlberg, and was later featured in the trailers for Senseless and Thomas and the Magic Railroad, as well as an episode of the TV series 7th Heaven.
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