Pocket FishRmen

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Pocket FishRmen
Origin Austin, Texas
Genres Punk rock
Years active1986 (1986)–2000 (2000), 2007 (2007)–present
Labels
  • Austin Throwdown
  • Saustex Media
MembersBrant Bingamon
Lance Farley
Jason Craig
Cris Burns
Past membersRon Williams
Marcus Trejo
Snoopy Melvin

Pocket FishRmen is an underground punk rock band from Austin, Texas, originally active from 1986 to 2000. [1] [2]

The band's founding members were vocalist Brant Bingamon, guitarist Cris Burns, bassist Ron Williams, and drummer Marcus Trejo. In 1988, they released the debut "Amy Carter". In 1991, Trejo was replaced by Snoopy Melvin, and soon afterwards, Williams was replaced by Jason Craig. Their debut studio album, Future Gods of Rock, was released in 1993. In 1997, they released the album Heroes of Modern Perversion, followed by Simian Dreams the following year. They broke up in 2000, performing their final show on May 13 of that year in the Red Eyed Fly in Austin. The band reunited in 2007 with Lance Farley as their new drummer and released multiple new studio albums, including Rocko's Not Feeling Well in 2014. [2] [3] [4] In 2017, they released the greatest-hits album The Greatest Story Ever Told on Saustex Media. [5] [6]

Discography

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