With a name as unique as these four from Texas, you can hardly miss them. Jaret von Eirch, Erik Rodham Clinton, Christopher van Malmsteen and Gary Wiseass make up Bowling For Soup, their third album since 1997. You may remember them on our local airwaves doing a spunkier version of Canadian singer Bryan Adams’ single "Summer of ‘69".

The punk rock/Ska group got inspiration for their name from a 1965 essay written by Harvard International Affairs professor Robert D. Putnam. His philosophy of Americans needing to bowl in a group or organization mirrors frontman for Bowling For Soup Jaret von Eirch’s ideas. Von Eirch feels bowling together is an essential and integral part of social communication and interaction in the American society. Hence the name for the group.

Their single, "The Bitch Song" from "Let’s Do It For Johnny" has been receiving much airplay in the U.S. but don’t count on the local censors to let it loose on our airwaves. Other choice tracks to look out for, however, are "Suckerpunch", "Scope" and "Belgium", the last two of which were remixed by Mark Wallace of Everlast and Faith No More fame.