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Background information | |
Origin | Orange County, California, United States |
Genres | Ska punk |
Years active | 1995–2003, 2013–present |
Labels | Starpool, Epic, Withyn, Columbia |
Spinoffs | Starpool |
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Past members |
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Website | saveferris |
Save Ferris is an American ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California, United States.[1] Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1995, the band began to perform underground venues in Southern California. In 1996, the band won a Grammy showcase award for best unsigned band and a contract with Epic Records. Their album It Means Everything from 1997 was their first full-length album. By 1999, the band moved from ska-pop into pop-punk. After a hiatus, in 2017, Save Ferris released the Checkered Past EP.
The band is best remembered for their 1997 cover of "Come On Eileen", originally by the British new wave band Dexys Midnight Runners.