The Aquabats
The Aquabats performing in Pittsburgh in 2005.
Background information
Origin	Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock, New Wave, ska, synthpop
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Horchata, Goldenvoice, Fearless, Nitro
Associated acts	Digital Unicorn, DJ Lance Rock, The Sandfleas, Supernova
Website	theaquabats.com
Members
The MC Bat Commander Crash McLarson Jimmy the Robot Ricky Fitness Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk
Past members
Roddy B. Ben the Brain Prince Adam Ultra Kyu Nacho Chainsaw the Prince of Karate Catboy The Baron von Tito Doctor Rock

The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1994. The group's line-up has fluctuated significantly throughout their career, with singer The MC Bat Commander and bassist Crash McLarson as regular fixtures. Since 2006 the band's lineup has also included keyboardist Jimmy the Robot, drummer Ricky Fitness, and guitarist Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk.

Identified by their masks and matching costumes, The Aquabats are perhaps most recognized for their superhero-themed persona and visual aesthetic. Detailed through their albums and website, the band has cultivated an elaborate mythology surrounding their fictitious origins, in which they claim to be superheroes on a quest to save the world. Elements of this mythology cross over into the band's live shows which regularly feature onstage "battles" with costumed villains and creatures. The Aquabats' music has continually evolved over the course of their career, starting in surf and punk-inflected ska before transitioning to a brand of synthesizer-driven rock and pop in the early 2000s. The band's current musical style blends elements of rock, New Wave, ska, and synthpop.

Since their debut in 1996, The Aquabats have released five studio albums, two extended plays and one compilation, among other recordings. The Aquabats! Super Show!, a live-action musical television series starring the band, premiered in March 2012.

History[link]

Formation[link]

The genesis of The Aquabats began in 1994 in Brea, California between musicians Christian Jacobs, Chad Larson and Boyd Terry, all of whom had met from attending the same LDS Church together.^[1] The trio, who were active in various local bands, conceived the idea of forming a joke band lampooning Orange County's punk rock scene, which Jacobs described at the time as being overwhelmed with "testosterone, beer and people fighting".^[2] The idea was to start an unabashedly silly band flaunting a happy, positive persona - an antithesis to the violent and serious-minded punk bands - with the intention of performing at punk shows as a way to poke fun at the scene.^[2][3] While attending a show from GOGO13, a ska band fronted by Jacobs' brother Parker, Jacobs was exposed to Orange County's burgeoning ska scene and was impressed by its ethos: as he recalled, "No one was fighting or pushing each other but having a good time".^[1][4] It was then decided they'd start a ska band, "to be part of the fun".^[1]

With Jacobs assuming vocal duties, Larson on bass guitar and Terry on trumpet, the three recruited more friends from their church and other local bands to piece together a full ensemble. Each member had musical backgrounds in various genres, including ska, punk, surf rock and New Wave, all elements which were incorporated into the band's music and aesthetic^[5][6]: the name "Aquabats" was created to sound like a surf band, while a shared admiration of Devo inspired the idea of matching costumes.^[7][1] Rehearsing just once in a house Jacobs and Larson shared, The Aquabats played their first show only a week after forming at a party in August 1994.^[1][8] Larson recalled this show as merely "a joke...we weren't trying to be a band. We were trying to have fun".^[1] Despite this, The Aquabats soon began performing regularly at many Orange County punk and ska shows.

1994-1996: Early years[link]

The Aquabats' early musical line-up changed with almost every show, sometimes featuring as many as twelve to fourteen musicians at a time on stage, with most usually playing brass instruments.^[8][9] As the band evolved into a tighter unit, the line-up settled at around eight or nine members, filled out with a horn section, two lead guitarists and a keyboardist. It was with this type of roster the band began recording, producing the demo tapes Revenge of the Midget Punchers in 1994 and Bat Boy in 1995. With their energetic and elaborately theatrical live shows, the band soon attracted a cult following in the southern California music scene.

As part of the band's superhero image, each member of The Aquabats adopted a stage name and backstory. Singer Christian Jacobs' alter ego is "The MC Bat Commander".

The Aquabats originally wore different costumes for every show, ranging from chef's uniforms to fezzes to grass skirts, before eventually the band's get-ups became more cumbersome to transport than their instruments.^[9] Terry's brother, who worked for the wetsuit manufacturing company Aleeda, helped him acquired spare rubber and neoprene to fashion together matching helmets and rashguards for the band.^[8][6] Around the same time, then-unknown artist Paul Frank designed vinyl belts for the group, completing the look which The Aquabats would maintain for the rest of their career.^[5] To go along with these outfits, the band developed a backstory which alleged they were superheroes hailing from the distant island of "Aquabania", though Larson admits the entire mythology was simply made up piece by piece as they went along from one interviewer to the next.^[7] As the mythology grew, the members adopted superhero stage names and identities, and tailored their live shows to match this image by introducing on-stage battles with costumed villains, which was originally a ploy to get the band's friends into shows for free.^[10][9] Jacobs' brothers Parker and Tyler, both graphic artists, were brought in to help develop the band's visual style, designing the group's logos and promotional material, as well as playing characters in The Aquabats' stage shows.^[9]

In 1995, The Aquabats independently recorded their debut album, The Return of The Aquabats, pressing the CDs themselves. With the band's local popularity and the growing commercial prominence of ska, the album managed to sell a respectable 20,000 copies without any distribution.^[10] The Aquabats quickly rose to prominence in southern California's booming ska-punk scene, regularly playing shows with the likes of bands like No Doubt, Sublime, Reel Big Fish and Save Ferris, who were steadily gaining commercial recognition.^[9][1]

[edit] 1997–1999: The Fury and mainstream breakthrough

By 1996, third wave ska had broken through into the American mainstream, becoming one of the most popular forms of alternative music.^[11] With fellow Orange County ska bands No Doubt and Reel Big Fish gaining commercial notoriety, labels began drawing their attention towards ska bands, and The Aquabats were promptly signed by Goldenvoice Records in 1997.^[12] The band released their second album, The Fury of The Aquabats!, in October 1997. While still predominantly a ska record, The Fury had a more ambitious scope than The Return, incorporating stronger elements of punk and surf, as well as instrumentals and unconventional instruments like sitars and banjos.^[1][7] Released at the height of third wave ska's popularity, The Fury became The Aquabats' biggest commercial success to date, peaking at number 172 on the Billboard 200.^[13] The album's leading single "Super Rad!" received regular radio airplay, and a music video directed by Bobcat Goldthwait became a staple on MTV.^[1]

Now working as a full-time band, the late 1990s marked the heaviest touring of The Aquabats' career as the band embarked on both supporting and headlining tours of the United States and traveled internationally as part of the 1998 Warped Tour. By this time, after starting their career with a revolving door of musicians, the band had settled upon a steady touring line-up consisting of Jacobs (The Bat Commander), Larson (Crash McLarson), Terry (Catboy), drummer Travis Barker (The Baron Von Tito), guitarists Charles Gray (Ultra Kyu) and Courtney Pollock (Chainsaw, the Prince of Karate), trumpeter Adam Deibert (Prince Adam) and keyboardist/saxophonist James Briggs (Jaime the Robot, later Jimmy the Robot).^[14] Halfway through a U.S. tour between The Aquabats and pop-punk band Blink-182 in 1998, Blink-182 unexpectedly fired their drummer Scott Raynor, recruiting Barker as a last-minute replacement to finish out the rest of the tour. By the tour's end, the other band members were so impressed with Barker's drumming skills that they invited him to join as a permanent member, an offer which Barker accepted, amicably parting ways with The Aquabats.^[15][16] Barker was succeeded by Gabe Palmer (Doctor Rock), rounding out a lineup which would last the remainder of the decade.

With the band's newfound media exposure, Jacobs began to conceive the idea of adapting The Aquabats' superhero mythology to television.^[17] After pitching the idea of a series to several networks, Buena Vista Television agreed to help produce a live-action mini-pilot in 1998.^[18] Directed and produced by Bobcat Goldthwait, the pilot, titled simply The Aquabats!, followed the fictional misadventures of the band members in a style similar to a Saturday morning cartoon show.^[19][20] The pilot failed to generate any network interest and was ultimately disowned by the band.^[20]

In 1999, The Aquabats released their third studio album, The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death!. Expanding on the experimental bent of The Fury, Floating Eye found the band exploring completely new musical territory, dropping the ska elements of their music and grounding themselves in stronger punk rock and New Wave influences with a more prominent usage of keyboards and synthesizers. Goldenvoice had mixed feelings towards the album, namely due to the lack of the ska material which The Aquabats had found their initial success with, and as such, no singles were issued from the album.^[7] The Aquabats used the budget granted for a music video to instead independently film another short television pilot entitled The Aquabats! In Color!, which again failed to attract network attention. Released in October 1999, Floating Eye failed to match the commercial success of its predecessor, charting only at a mere 35 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers.^[21]

2000-2004: Drop from label and career decline[link]

By 2000, Goldenvoice, who were experiencing financial difficulties and were in the process of closing their doors, dropped The Aquabats from their label, claiming the band's extravagant stage shows had become too expensive to finance.^[22][15] The band were unsuccessful in finding a new record label, instead using the internet to independently promote themselves while the band members began working day jobs just to fund the group.^[22][15] Jacobs likened the experience to a superhero's alter ego, working by day and fighting crime by night.^[15] During this time, The Aquabats were approached to write songs for several movies, though the group could not follow through due to lack of major label support: "One of the good things money from a big record company provides is that it would've given us advance time to actually write songs for these movies."^[15] While The Aquabats could not secure a recording contract, the band did initiate a distribution deal with Fearless Records, releasing a collection of outtakes and demos from the Floating Eye sessions entitled Myths, Legends, and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 before slipping further into a period of relative inactivity.

With the lack of label support, The Aquabats ceased nearly all plans for future recording or extensive touring, limiting their activity primarily to sporadic shows in the southwest United States.^[22] The loss of touring income, coupled with the band members' increased focus on their day jobs and families, ultimately contributed to the departure of several key members. In 2000, guitarist Gray left the band, followed by co-founder Terry the following year.^[22] As a result, Adam Deibert assumed a dual role as trumpeter and guitarist for the band's live shows. In 2002, Gabe Palmer left, being replaced by former Assorted Jelly Beans drummer Ricky Falomir (Ricky Fitness). With this more stable line-up, The Aquabats were able to record original music for Evan Dorkin's Welcome to Eltingville, a 2002 animated television pilot which aired on Adult Swim but was not picked up as a series.

In 2003, the band released their first DVD, Serious Awesomeness!, featuring a full recorded live performance and numerous clips and music videos spanning the band's entire career. In 2004, The Aquabats made one more attempt at gaining label interest by independently recording and self-releasing the EP Yo! Check Out This Ride!.^[22] Now down to only six members, with Briggs and Deibert performing keyboards and guitars rather than their respective horns, the EP marked a further shift in The Aquabats' sound into more synthesizer-structured songwriting and a stronger focus on rock and New Wave melodies.^[22] This would mark Deibert's final recording with the band, as he would officially retire from the group later in the year, effectively completing the loss of the band's once characteristic horn section.^[22]

[edit] 2005-2009: Charge!! and rejuvenation

In the summer of 2004, The Aquabats signed to independent label Nitro Records and began recording their studio follow-up in the fall.^[23] After months of recording, the band finally released their fourth album Charge!! on July 7, 2005. Their first recording as a guitar and keyboard-driven quintet, the album solidified The Aquabats' new musical style of New Wave-inspired rock and punk.^[24] Released to positive critical reviews, Charge!! found the band with a rejuvenated sense of energy, marking their recommitment to touring and recording. Days after the release of the album, The Aquabats went on a well-promoted US tour with similarly theatrical bands The Epoxies and The Phenomenauts, before undertaking a Japanese tour supporting The Offspring and a headlining UK tour.^[25] On September 23, 2005, The Aquabats made their debut appearance on national television on the G4 program Attack of the Show, performing Charge!!'s leading single, "Fashion Zombies!".^[26]

The Aquabats' renewed success would also prove to have its downside. The following year, guitarist Pollock reluctantly announced his departure from the band after twelve years, explaining that their increased touring activity conflicted with his work schedule. Pollock was replaced by former Death by Stereo member Ian Fowles (Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk) in May 2006, though he would continue to play with the band as a second guitarist whenever his schedule would allow.^[27] The Aquabats carried out one more US tour in support of Charge!! before announcing a brief hiatus in January 2007 to focus on recording their next studio album.^[28]

"Cobraman" crashes a show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2008. Costumed characters are staples of The Aquabats' live shows, appearing as part of mock fights or comedic skits.

Following further touring into early 2007, The Aquabats began writing a follow-up to Charge!!. Preliminary recording began in July 2007, coupled with additional touring in the western United States, the east coast, and England. Despite several years of on and off production, plans for a follow-up album would ultimately cease in April 2009, when the band were dropped from Nitro Records, the official reason given being "due to trying economic times and a struggling musical landscape".^[29]

In 2007, Jacobs and his creative partner Scott Schultz sold their pilot for a children's television series, Yo Gabba Gabba!, to Viacom's Nick Jr. channel. Featuring several guest performances by The Aquabats, the series became a massive international success, lending The Aquabats some media exposure and persuading Gabba production company Wild Brain to produce a new television pilot based on the band.^[30][31] The pilot, titled The Aquabats Super Show!, was shot on location in late 2007 and early 2008, part of which included a Cadet-only show held at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on January 12, 2008. The Aquabats spent the remainder of the year heavily marketing Super Show!, completely redesigning their website and promoting the pilot through viral advertising and further touring, playing the Bamboozle Left and Groezrock festivals in April 2009, and supporting Blink-182 on two dates of their 2009 reunion tour in October.

[edit] 2010-present: Hi-Five Soup! and The Aquabats! Super Show!

2010 saw several notable tours for The Aquabats, taking them back across the United States and the United Kingdom, and in February 2010, the band played the Soundwave festival in Australia - their first visit to the country. In August, The Aquabats officially announced on their website that they would finally self-release their next studio album in November.^[32] However, following a last-minute distribution deal with Fearless Records, the album's release date was postponed to 2011 to provide for proper marketing and promotion, and an EP containing the album's first single, Radio Down!, was released in its place.^[33][34] The Aquabats fifth full-length studio album, Hi-Five Soup!, was released on January 18, 2011. The album became the band's highest charting since The Fury, reaching 181 on the Billboard 200 and 5 on Top Heatseekers.^[35] In promotion of the album, the band embarked on a national tour supporting Reel Big Fish, followed by a performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

On March 23, 2011, it was formally announced via press release that the Hasbro/Discovery-owned cable television channel The Hub had acquired The Aquabats! Super Show! for a season run of 13 episodes.^[36] After spending the remainder of the year in production, the series premiered on March 3, 2012 to a mostly positive critical reception. In addition to starring roles, The Aquabats also contribute original music to each episode; in recent interviews, Jacobs has been hinting at the possibility of releasing either a new Aquabats album or a soundtrack accompaniment in wake of the series.^[37][38]

Musical style[link]

	"Super Rad!" (1997) noicon "Super Rad!", the leading single from The Fury..., exemplifies the prominent ska influence in the band's early work. "Fashion Zombies!" (2005) noicon "Fashion Zombies!", from Charge!!, is an example of The Aquabats' current musical style of synthesizer-based rock/pop.
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Over the course of their nearly two decades-long career, The Aquabats have experienced several radical evolutions in their sound and musical style. Originally formed as part of Orange County's ska scene, much of the band's early material was rooted in such. With a line-up featuring a horn section consisting of two trumpets and a saxophone, a keyboardist and two lead guitarists, The Aquabats' style of ska was primarily driven by brass and guitar, incorporating strong elements of surf rock and punk rock.^[6][1] Their second album, 1997's The Fury of The Aquabats!, while predominantly ska-based, saw the band starting to expand their sound into newer territory, featuring more pronounced punk and surf influences and tongue-in-cheek experimentalism, utilizing such genre-unconventional instruments as clarinets, electric sitars, sousaphones and even manualism, as well as including instrumentals and songs dabbling in ragtime and tango rhythms.^[39][7][40]

Starting with 1999's The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death!, the band underwent a significant shift in style, further exploring the multi-genre eclecticism which had been hinted at with The Fury. Dropping the prominent ska elements from their music and introducing a stronger presence of keyboards and synthesizers, The Aquabats began to embrace a punk rock/New Wave sound greatly influenced by bands such as Devo and Oingo Boingo.^[8][41][1] The band also began widening their genre experimentation to include such disparate styles as pop, electronica, synthpop and even hip-hop.

During The Aquabats' career lull in the early 2000s, several of the band's key members departed from the line-up, eventually reducing the former octet down to a quintet of vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass and drums.^[14] This understandably had a profound effect on The Aquabats' sound, in particular the complete loss of their once characteristic horn section. 2005's Charge!!, the first release featuring this reduced line-up, marked an abrupt shift from the brass-driven eclecticism of their previous records, firmly establishing The Aquabats' current style of guitar and keyboard-based rock and pop, occasionally incorporating elements of punk, New Wave, ska and synthpop.^[42][8]

In recent years, The Aquabats have distanced themselves from their association with the third wave ska scene, referring to themselves exclusively as a "rock band". In a 2012 interview, Christian Jacobs stated "I don't think we ever considered ourselves a ska band. We were just The Aquabats. And some of the songs we happened to play were ska", noting elsewhere, "It was never a deliberate thing [to stop playing ska], but I think it just naturally happened, because there's a lot of different styles of music that we play. I've always been into bands like Ween and things like that, that can chameleon-like drift from genre to genre and play whatever music they want...there's no boundaries. If you set yourself up as a punk band, then you pretty much just have to play punk. Or if you're a ska band, you just play ska".^[43][44] Chad Larson, speaking on the same matter, explained "Having the same guitar rhythm for every song gets kind of boring...even on the earlier albums that had ska rhythms we were focusing more on the 'adventure' songs than really 'ska' songs. So as we grew as musicians, we wanted to experiment with different rhythms", jokingly adding "we were never really a good ska band anyway".^[7]

Superhero mythos[link]

The Aquabats performing a holiday show in San Francisco in 2006. The numerous masked individuals and the large costumed character are regular fixtures of the band's stage show and tie into their fictitious superhero mythos.

Throughout their career, The Aquabats have maintained a fictitious backstory which purports them to be superheroes on a quest to save the world through music. The band's costumes and pseudonyms tie into this mythology, which is detailed in the liner notes of their albums, song lyrics, and in-character interviews. Over the years, the story of their origins has evolved, changed, and occasionally been retconned to explain changes in the band's lineup.

The most consistently canonical elements of the The Aquabats' mythology were established over their first two albums, which alleged the band members were actually humanoid bat creatures who once lived on a distant island known as "Aquabania". According to legend, Aquabania was invaded by the villain Space Monster "M", forcing several of its inhabitants to flee to the ocean. Eventually washing ashore in California, they were taken in by Professor Monty Corndog, a mad scientist who used chemicals to give them superpowers. They donned costumes including "radioactive rash guards", "power belts", and "anti-negativity helmets" (many of which are sold as part of the band's merchandise catalogue) and decided to channel their powers through music in order to "take over the world" by attracting legions of fans, allowing them to combat Space Monster "M" and reclaim their homeland, fighting the numerous villains and monsters who'd attempt to thwart their musical quest along the way.^[45][46]

With the heavy lineup changes in the early-to-mid 2000s that left only two of the original members remaining, the band eventually phased the Aquabania elements out of their backstory, reestablishing The Aquabats as a group of freelance superheroes of indeterminate origin who travel the countryside, fighting evil and "destroying boredom".^[47] This loose framework would also serve as the basis for the band's television series, The Aquabats! Super Show!, where each member's character was further developed to showcase their own individual powers and personalities, transitioning the Aquabats' mythology from a story arc to a character ensemble.^[48]

Over the course of their career, The Aquabats have built up an extensive roster of enemies and allies, many of whom are featured in their songs and album artwork, and often appear onstage with the band as costumed characters in choreographed fight scenes. Some of the more notable Aquabats enemies to appear over the years include Powdered Milk Man, The Sandfleas, Cyclopsis, Cobraman, the Time Sprinkler, and Tortilla Man. Along with their rogues gallery, the band have also amassed a list of "allies" who assist them in various capacities, most of whom are members of The Aquabats' road crew or musical side projects. In addition to The Professor, these allies have included the Wrestling Roadies, former webmaster The Pigbat, art director The Sea Ghost, and musicians Digital Unicorn and Lederhosen Lucil.

The band's superhero mythos has often been used as a device for explaining their numerous lineup changes. For example, members departing the group have sometimes been said to have been wounded in battle with the band's enemies, and when Jimmy the Robot joined, it was explained that the Professor (later retconned as The Aquabats themselves^[49]) constructed him out of various materials in order to provide the band with a robotic musical virtuoso.^[50]

Aquacadets[link]

The Aquabats Cadet Faction is the official fan club of the band, and its members are commonly known as Aquacadets. Enrollment in the fan club allows members access to exclusive merchandise and to an exclusive section of the band's official message board, as well as events known as "Cadet Summits". These events are held every few years in southern California and normally include fun and games, meet and greets, autograph signings, door prizes, and a live performance. There have been five such summits held over the years, with the first held in 1997 in Fountain Valley and the most recent held on July 22, 2006 in San Diego, which included a complete performance of The Return of the Aquabats album in celebration of the tenth anniversary of its release.

Aquacadets are encouraged to attend these events and the band's concerts in costume. These costumes often include official rashguards, helmets, belts, and masks that are available as part of the band's merchandise catalogue, but also often consist of homemade items. Some members have even formed splinter factions such as the "Astrobats," "Piratebats," and "Ninjabats" and outfitted themselves with homemade t-shirts and other apparel to show their support for the band.

Among The Aquabats' hundreds of cadets is Reel Big Fish lead singer Aaron Barrett, who can be seen wearing a cadet patch in the music video for Reel Big Fish's "Party Down".

Band members[link]

Current members[link]

• The MC Bat Commander (formerly the Caped Commander or the Bat Commander) (Christian Jacobs) – vocals (1994–present)
• Crash McLarson (Chad Larson) – bass, backing vocals (1994–present)
• Jimmy the Robot (formerly Jaime the Robot or simply "The Robot") (James Briggs) – keyboards, saxophone, other brass and wind instruments, backing vocals (1997–present)
• Ricky Fitness (Ricky Falomir) – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2002–present)
• Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk (Ian Fowles) – guitar, backing vocals (2006–present)

Past members[link]

• Gumby (Matt Van Gundy) - guitar (1994-1995)
• Nacho (Chad Parkin) – keyboards (1994–1997)
• Roddy B. (Rod Arellano) – drums (1994–1997)
• Ben the Brain (Ben Bergeson) – guitar (1994–1997)
• The Baron von Tito (Travis Barker) – drums, percussion (1997–1998)
• Ultra Kyu/The Mysterious Kyu (Charles Gray) – guitar, other string instruments, synthesizer, backing vocals (1994–2000)
• Macaroni: The New Columbus (Scott Moran) - guitar (2000)
• Catboy (Boyd Terry) – trumpet, other brass instruments, backing vocals (1994–2002)
• Doctor Rock (Gabe Palmer) – drums (1998–2002)
• Prince Adam (Adam Deibert) – trumpet, synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals, hand accompaniment (1994–2004)
• Popeye (Michael Vogelsang) - guitar (2005)
• Chainsaw the Prince of Karate (Courtney "Corey" Pollock) – guitar (1994–2006)

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• The Return of the Aquabats (1996)
• The Fury of the Aquabats (1997)
• The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death! (1999)
• Charge!! (2005)
• Hi-Five Soup! (2011)

Music in television[link]

Aside from their own television series, which began in 2012, The Aquabats have appeared in and recorded music for several television shows aimed at young audiences. In 2000 the band recorded the opening and closing theme songs for a pilot episode of the cartoon show Welcome to Eltingville. Members of the band also appear in and record voices for the children's program Yo Gabba Gabba!, which Christian Jacobs (The MC Bat Commander) co-created, writes, and directs. The band played a children's version of their song "Pool Party" on the show in the episode titled "Summer." The original, instrumental version of "Sequence Erase!" is used as the theme song and several other songs are used in the credits for Mega64, in which Christian Jacobs and Ricky Falomir have made cameo appearances, and in which several characters are sometimes portrayed wearing Aquabats T-shirts. In addition to the show, the Mega64 Podcast has used The Aquabats' "Lonely Horseman!" as its main theme song. The Mega64 crew now also contributes segments to The Aquabats! Super Show!.

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Aquabats official website
• The Aquabats on Fearless Records
• The Aquabats at Facebook
• The Aquabats on Myspace