THE AQUABATS!, the world's favorite rock superheroes, will release their new digital EP RADIO DOWN! on November 9 via Fearless Records. This digital-only three-song EP features guest vocals from hip hop legend Biz Markie.
RADIO DOWN! serves as a precursor to the band's in-progress album, slated for release in early 2011. The Aquabats! EP release is timed with the kick-off of their live tour with Reel Big Fish, which will launch at the Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! performance at Salt Lake City, Utah.
The three songs include:
1. Radio Down! (feat. Biz Markie) (Link may be available later today)
2. Best Day Of My Life!
3. Playin' It Cool!
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THE AQUABATS! - The MC Bat Commander (vocals), Crash McLarson (bass), Jimmy The Robot (keyboards / saxophone), Ricky Fitness (drums), Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk (guitar) - Over the course of The Aquabats!' impressive 16 year career, the band has become an internationally-renowned act. New EP RADIO DOWN! continues the Orange County, CA's band's tradition of writing catchy, new wave-inspired tracks, infused with The Aquabats!' inimitable sense of fun. Singer Christian Jacobs AKA The MC Bat Commander is the co-creator of award-winning hit children's TV series Yo Gabba Gabba!.
CHRISTIAN JACOBS
Co-creator, Yo Gabba Gabba!
Growing up as an actor in Los Angeles, California, Christian Jacobs appeared in numerous commercials, television shows and films including John Hughes' cult classic Pretty in Pink and the skateboarding classic Gleaming the Cube.
Jacobs later partnered with old friend Scott Schultz to produce and direct a number of skateboarding and music videos, and Jacobs moonlighted in various rock bands by night. In 1994, Jacobs co-founded and fronted the cartoon rock band The aquabats, which still garners a huge cult following and has toured around the world. Inspired by 1970's Saturday morning cartoons, B-movies and Japanese super-monster-movies, The Aquabats have continued to entertain music fans and to play to sell-out crowds for over a decade.
Jacobs and Schultz started The Magic Store productions in 2004 and co-created Yo Gabba Gabba! to watch with their own young children. Incorporating all of their own influences and inspirations, and borrowing a couple of characters from The Aquabats, the duo independently wrote, produced and directed pilot episodes of Yo Gabba Gabba! Jacobs currently lives in Southern California with his wife and children.
