Suburban Legends

Suburban Legends
Background information
Also known as	The No Tones, Bomb Squad
Origin	Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Genres	Third-wave ska, rock, pop, Funk, Disco
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Rock Ridge Music, Self-released, Subrange (Japan), Brand New Hero (UK)
Associated acts	Avenged Sevenfold, The Belvederes, Big D and the Kids Table, Kids Imagine Nation, The Littlest Man Band, Mêlée, Perilous, Personal Satisfaction, PopBritannica, Skrotum Kiss, Pinkly Smooth, Reel Big Fish
Members	Vincent Walker Aaron Bertram Brian Robertson Brian Klemm Chris Lucca Brad Polidori Edward Larsen
Past members	Tim Maurer Chris Batstone Luis Beza Dallas Cook Phillip Inzerillo Josh Lander Brent Feige Justin Meacham Chris Maurer Mikey Hachey Fred Johnson Jimmy Sullivan Derek Rock Dallas Kruse

Suburban Legends are an American third wave ska band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in Santa Ana, California. The band started out as a third wave ska band, but later moved to a pop and disco sound after a number of lineup changes in 2005. Since 2009 the band has returned to its ska roots, also incorporating Disney covers in their repertoire. Currently trombonist Brian Robertson is the only member that has been in the band since its inception. Vince Walker is also a founding member, but left the band in 2004, only to return in 2005, and guitarist Brian Klemm has been with the band since 1999.

Influenced by artists such as Reel Big Fish, Michael Jackson and Oingo Boingo, the band was formed in 1998 as The No Tones, consisting of vocalist Tim Maurer, guitarist Josh Landers, bassist Justin Meacham, drummer Fred Johnson, trumpet players Vince Walker and Aaron Bertram, and trombonists Ryan Dallas Cook and Brian Robertson. A few months after forming, Landers was replaced by Brent Feige and Johnson by Jimmy Sullivan and the band changed their name to Bomb Squad, under which name they released an EP, now known as the Bomb Squad EP.
In 1999 the band changed their name to Suburban Legends. Guitarist Brent Feige left the band shortly before the release of the first demo album, Origin Edition, for which they recruited guitarist Brian Klemm. The album was self-pressed and even though Brian Klemm was already in the band, Vince Walker recorded the guitar parts for the demo album.

In late 1999, vocalist Tim Maurer and drummer Jimmy Sullivan left the band, the latter to form the band Pinkly Smooth. The former was replaced by Chris Batstone, the latter by Derek Lee Rock. A few months later, bassist Justin Meacham left the band as well and was soon replaced by former lead vocalist Tim Maurer's brother, Chris Maurer. Sullivan and Meacham would later perform together as members of metal band Avenged Sevenfold, under the respective pseudonyms "The Rev" and "Justin Sane".

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