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Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk

Ska punk

Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...

band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records

Springman Records

Springman Records is an independent record label founded in 1998 by Avi Ehrlich that was run out of his parent's garage in Cupertino, California until late 2005, when Ehrlich moved the label to Sacramento...

and SideOneDummy

SideOneDummy Records

SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

. The band has been noted for its strict DIY work ethic, such as engineering, producing, and releasing their own albums and videos and self-promotion of their own shows.

In 2000 the band recorded a gangsta rap

Gangsta rap

Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths. Lyrics in gangsta rap have varied from accurate reflections to fictionalized accounts. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word...

album, Porch Life

Porch Life

Porch Life is a 2003 hip hop album by Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table.-Track listing:# Pizza Pie Intro - 0:19# Pizza Pie Intro - 1:03# Stove Top Free Style - 2:01# In Front Of Me - 4:02...

, and distributed it unofficially via cassette tape. In 2003 the album was officially released on CD through Fork In Hand. They have also recorded splits with Melt Banana, Brain Failure

Brain Failure

Brain Failure is a punk rock band that is based in Beijing, China. The band's music is influenced by bands such as The Clash and Rancid. Their lyrical subject matter covers politics and personal politics. They have toured with Dropkick Murphys, The Business, and The Unseen from Boston,...

, and Drexel.

Big D and the Kids Table have played 200 shows a year, on average, in support of such bands as Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres including post-grunge, heavy metal, alternative...

, Streetlight Manifesto

Streetlight Manifesto

Streetlight Manifesto is an American punk band with many influences from different genres including ska, from New Brunswick, New Jersey fronted by Tomas Kalnoky....

, Catch 22

Catch 22 (band)

Catch 22 is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey.The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tomas Kalnoky and drummer Chris Greer who recruited trumpeter Kevin Gunther, who was working in a local record store...

, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. Since the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky Barrett, bassist Joe Gittleman, tenor saxophonist Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton and dancer Ben Carr have remained constant members...

, Dropkick Murphys

Dropkick Murphys

Dropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....

, Voodoo Glow Skulls

Voodoo Glow Skulls

Voodoo Glow Skulls are an American ska punk band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California by brothers Frank, Eddie and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O'Neill...

, Mustard Plug

Mustard Plug

Mustard Plug is a ska punk band from Grand Rapids, Michigan.Formed in 1991, the band's original members were Dave Kirchgessner, Mike McKendrick, Colin Clive, and Anthony Vilchez. Currently the band consists of Dave , Brandon Jenison , Jim Hofer , Nate Cohn , Colin Clive , and Rick Johnson...

, The Pietasters

The Pietasters

The Pietasters are a seven-piece ska/soul band hailing from Washington, D.C., with additional members from Maryland and Virginia.- History :In 1990, a group of friends were attending college at Virginia Tech in the mountains of Virginia...

, Rancid

Rancid (band)

Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...

, Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...

, Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...

, and Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag is a punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States, formed in 1988. The band is well known for its outspoken political views. Much of the band's lyrics have focused on fervent anti-war activism, criticism of United States foreign policy, corporatism, U.S. wealth...

and have become a regular performer on the Warped Tour

Warped Tour

The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...

. The band has also performed in the Summer of Ska Tour 2006 and the Ska Is Dead

Ska Is Dead

Ska Is Dead is a recurring ska music tour which has featured in 2004, and twice in 2005. It was first titled Ska is Dead and You're Next!The purpose of the tour has been to revitalize and continue interest in ska and ska-influenced music...

tour.

In the fall and winter of 2007 the band embarked on their first-ever large scale headlining tour, The Steady Riot Tour, named after the 2007 release.

Name origin

Different stories exist about the band name's origin, especially about running over pets named Big D. However, lead singer Dave McWane has said that the band actually got their name when a friend told him that if he ever started a band he should call it Big D and the Kids Table, so he did.

Early Years (1995-1998)

Big D and the Kids Table was founded in 1995 when members converged at Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

in Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

. Despite a frequently revolving lineup, the band built up a large local following almost immediately, packing clubs, halls, dorms, and basements in and around Boston

Boston

. The band formed their own label, Fork in Hand Records, to put out their first album, Shot By Lammi

Shot By Lammi

-Track listing:*Songs performed by Big D and the Kids Table# "In Front of Me" - 3:59# "NNH" - 2:54# "Draw the Line" - 1:47# "Jeremy" - 2:29# "What?" - 1:13# "Quiet Room" - 5:58# "Stupid Mind" - 2:43# "Giving It Up" - 4:48# "Conserve" - 2:40# "Hey" - 2:30...

, a split

Split album

A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...

with Boston

Boston

punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

band Drexel, a side project of several Big D members (under assumed names). Soon, their label was releasing albums by a stable of popular Boston-area bands, building a vibrant punk

Punk rock

/ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

scene around them. Following Shot By Lammi

Shot By Lammi

, the band released a Live EP. Early on, they also began their tradition of holding an annual Halloween

Halloween

Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

concert at home in Boston

Boston

Rise: Good Luck, How it Goes, Strictly Rude (1999-2009)

In 1999, Big D signed on to Mike Park’s

Mike Park

Mike Park is a Korean American musician and progressive activist. His musical ventures include Skankin' Pickle for whom he both played the saxophone and sang, The Chinkees, The Bruce Lee Band, and most recently an acoustic solo project under his own name...

Asian Man Records

Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...

and released their first full length album, Good Luck

Good Luck (album)

- Track listing :# "Myself" - 2:33# "5 Kids Down" - 2:16# "G.L.D." - 2:02# "Are You Just Scared?" - 1:46# "Fatman" - 3:17# "She Won't Ever Figure it Out" - 2:26# "Take Another Look" - 2:36# "Find Out" - 4:22# "Can't Be Caught" - 2:55# "I'd Rather" - 2:45...

. Big D picked up the award for Outstanding Ska Band at the 1999 Boston Music Awards. The band returned in 2002 with The Gipsy Hill EP

The Gipsy Hill EP

The Gipsy Hill is a 2002 release by the ska band Big D and the Kids Table. There are two versions of the release: the EP version, and an LP version that adds the song "Apologies."-Track listing:# "Check List" - 2:25# "Evil Girl/Angry Girl" - 3:00...

and continued with their busy show schedule (playing an average of 200 shows a year), as a split

Split album

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

with Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese noise rock

Noise rock

Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...

act Melt Banana appeared in 2003. Also in 2003, the band released a gangsta rap

Gangsta rap

album of their songs recorded in 2000 on their own Fork in Hand Records. Fueled by a D.I.Y. work ethic since early on, the band's small but loyal fan base kept growing through incessant grassroots touring and promotion, all with little label support and money. Big D hooked up with part of the summer's Warped Tour

Warped Tour

and played at Vegas' Ska Summit.

In 2004, the band signed to Springman Records

Springman Records

and released How It Goes

How It Goes

How It Goes is the third studio album by Boston ska punk band, Big D and the Kids Table, released in 2004. Strong language is used on the album and consequently it is released with the parental advisory sticker for strong language on songs such as "LAX"...

. They headed out across North America in 2004 on the Ska Is Dead

Ska Is Dead

tour with Catch 22

Catch 22 (band)

, Mustard Plug

Mustard Plug

, and the Planet Smashers

The Planet Smashers

The Planet Smashers are a ska punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since their formation in 1994, they have been a staple of the Montreal music scene. During the third wave of ska, they quickly rose to national, and eventual international fame, with tours in the United States, Europe, and Japan...

. Following the release of How It Goes

How It Goes

, Big D released several music video variations of their cover of The Specials

The Specials

The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...

’ “Little Bitch”

Specials (album)

Specials is the debut album by British ska revival band The Specials.Released in 1979 on Jerry Dammers' 2Tone label, the album is seen by some as the defining moment in the UK ska scene...

, taking place in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, St. Pete

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...

, and on Warped Tour

Warped Tour

. While continuing to tour with bands such as Suicide Machines

Suicide machines

Suicide machines may mean:* machines for auto-euthanasia, see euthanasia device* fictional machines for suicide, see suicide booth* The Suicide Machines, an American punk rock band** The Suicide Machines , an album by the aforementioned group...

, Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish

, and Streetlight Manifesto

Streetlight Manifesto

Streetlight Manifesto is an American punk band with many influences from different genres including ska, from New Brunswick, New Jersey fronted by Tomas Kalnoky....

, the band released a limited edition EP

Extended play

entitled Salem Girls for Halloween

Halloween

Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

2005. This was the first recording featuring new drummer Jon Reilly. Also in 2005, “You Lost, You're Crazy” from How It Goes

How It Goes

appeared on the Warped Tour 2005 Tour Compilation as Big D toured with Warped Tour

Warped Tour

again.

In March 2007, Big D released Strictly Rude

Strictly Rude

Strictly Rude is the fourth full length album from Boston ska punk act Big D and the Kids Table. The album peaked at 42 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.-Title track:...

and proceeded to tour with Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag

, Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire

and Set Your Goals

Set Your Goals (band)

Set Your Goals is an American Pop-Punk band from Walnut Creek, CA , formed in 2004. Their musical style typically employs a combination of pop punk and melodic hardcore...

in the Spring of ’07. That Summer they were on the Vans Warped Tour and followed it with a Fall US Headlining tour. In the summer of 2008 they were a part of the Shout It Loud tour along with Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake

, Goldfinger

Goldfinger (band)

Goldfinger is a Los Angeles pop punk/ska punk band that formed in 1994. Currently, the band is composed of vocalist/guitarist John Feldmann, guitarist Charlie Paulson, bassist Kelly LeMieux, and drummer Darrin Pfeiffer...

, Suburban Legends

Suburban Legends

Suburban Legends are a third wave ska/pop band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998, and are currently based out of Santa Ana, California.- History :...

and Westbound Train

Westbound Train

Westbound Train is a ska band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. Their name originates from the Dennis Brown hit song by the same name....

. In early 2009, they did a short east coast tour with The English Beat.

Fluent In Stroll, and For The Damned, The Dumb and the Delirious (2010-present)

Fluent In Stroll

Fluent in Stroll

Fluent In Stroll is the fifth studio album by the Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table, released on July 7, 2009 by Side One Dummy Records. It was produced by Joe Gittleman of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and features backing vocals by Sirae Richardson, Hayley Jane, and Nicole and Simone...

was released by the band on July 7, 2009. They spent the summer promoting the album playing the entire 2009 Warped Tour

Warped Tour

.

Following the conclusion of the Warped Tour, they embarked on their 2nd headlining tour, which took place throughout the fall of ’09, called the “Not Fucking Around tour.” It was named after the track on the new album (in the same way “the Steady Riot tour” supported Strictly Rude). Ill Scarlett served as direct support for the majority of the tour.

Sean P. Rogan departed the band in 2009, with Suburban Legends

Suburban Legends

Suburban Legends are a third wave ska/pop band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998, and are currently based out of Santa Ana, California.- History :...

' Brian Klemm

Brian Klemm

Brian Wayne Klemm is the guitarist for the Orange County-based third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He joined Suburban Legends in 1999, shortly before the release of Origin Edition, although he did not play guitar on the album. Klemm also briefly joined Big D and the Kids Table in 2009 as their...

replacing him on guitar through 2010, when Nick Pantazi joined. It was also around this time that Chris Lucca (also of Suburban Legends) joined the band on trumpet.

On June 25, 2010 Big D played the Carson, California stop on Warped Tour. This was the only stop on the tour the band would go on to play that year. In an interview done on the same day for thepunksite.com, McWane stated that the band is set to release their next studio album entitled, "The Damned, The Dumb and the Delirious" in 2011. On January 5, 2011 the band announced on their facebook page they would be playing the entire 2011 Vans Warped Tour.

In late November 2011, the band announced they were cancelling the remainder of their European tour in support of For The Damned, following lead singer Dave McWane's diagnosis with thyroid cancer.

Members

David McWane
David McWane
David McWane is an American musician, writer, and filmmaker, best known as the lead singer of Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table....

— vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, melodica
Melodica
The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...

, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Steve Foote — bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Nick Pantazi — guitar
Derek Davis — drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Ryan O'Connor — tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
Chris Lucca — trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
Dan Stoppelman — trumpet (doesn't tour)
Paul Cuttler — trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

"Doped Up Dollies"

Brianne Finn — backing vocals
Sirae Richardson — backing vocals
Hayley Jane — backing vocals

Former members

Sean P. Rogan — guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, keys
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

(Shot By Lammi, Good Luck, Gipsy Hill EP, How It Goes, Strictly Rude, Salem Girls, Beijing to Boston, Fluent in Stroll)
Jon Reilly — drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

(Strictly Rude, Salem Girls, Beijing to Boston)
Marc Flynn — vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

, valve trombone (Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)
Chris Bush — tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

(Shot by Lammi, Good Luck, Gipsy Hill EP, How It Goes)
Jon Lammi — tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

(Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)
Aaron Sinclair — guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

(Shot By Lammi)
Gabe Feenberg — trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

(Shot by Lammi, Good Luck)
Jason Gilbert — drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

(Gipsy Hill EP, How it Goes)
Max McVeety — drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

(now with Crown City Rockers
Crown City Rockers
Crown City Rockers are a five-member hip hop band from Oakland, California, by way of Boston, Massachusetts and Pasadena. Formerly known as Mission:, they play old school inflected hip hop music with live instrumentation , citing influences such as: A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, KRS-One and De...

, reunited with Big D for six shows in February 2009) (Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)
Chris Sallen — tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

(Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)
Jeremy Barnes — guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Brian Klemm
Brian Klemm
Brian Wayne Klemm is the guitarist for the Orange County-based third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He joined Suburban Legends in 1999, shortly before the release of Origin Edition, although he did not play guitar on the album. Klemm also briefly joined Big D and the Kids Table in 2009 as their...

— touring guitarist (2009–2010)
Nicole Olivia
Tip The Van
Tip the Van was an American rock/ska formed in Marlborough, Connecticut in 2002. The lineup consists of Nicole Oliva , Simone Oliva , Stephanie Allen , Brian Dunnigan , Bryan Howard , and Bryan Briggs...

— backing vocals (Fluent in Stroll)
Simone Olivia
Tip The Van
Tip the Van was an American rock/ska formed in Marlborough, Connecticut in 2002. The lineup consists of Nicole Oliva , Simone Oliva , Stephanie Allen , Brian Dunnigan , Bryan Howard , and Bryan Briggs...

— backing vocals (Fluent in Stroll)

Studio albums

Good Luck
Good Luck (album)
- Track listing :# "Myself" - 2:33# "5 Kids Down" - 2:16# "G.L.D." - 2:02# "Are You Just Scared?" - 1:46# "Fatman" - 3:17# "She Won't Ever Figure it Out" - 2:26# "Take Another Look" - 2:36# "Find Out" - 4:22# "Can't Be Caught" - 2:55# "I'd Rather" - 2:45...

(1999, Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...

)
The Gipsy Hill LP
The Gipsy Hill EP
The Gipsy Hill is a 2002 release by the ska band Big D and the Kids Table. There are two versions of the release: the EP version, and an LP version that adds the song "Apologies."-Track listing:# "Check List" - 2:25# "Evil Girl/Angry Girl" - 3:00...

(2002, Household Name Records)
Porch Life
Porch Life
Porch Life is a 2003 hip hop album by Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table.-Track listing:# Pizza Pie Intro - 0:19# Pizza Pie Intro - 1:03# Stove Top Free Style - 2:01# In Front Of Me - 4:02...

(2003, Fork In Hand Records)
How It Goes
How It Goes
How It Goes is the third studio album by Boston ska punk band, Big D and the Kids Table, released in 2004. Strong language is used on the album and consequently it is released with the parental advisory sticker for strong language on songs such as "LAX"...

(2004, Springman Records
Springman Records
Springman Records is an independent record label founded in 1998 by Avi Ehrlich that was run out of his parent's garage in Cupertino, California until late 2005, when Ehrlich moved the label to Sacramento...

)
Strictly Rude
Strictly Rude
Strictly Rude is the fourth full length album from Boston ska punk act Big D and the Kids Table. The album peaked at 42 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.-Title track:...

(2007, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

)
Fluent In Stroll
Fluent in Stroll
Fluent In Stroll is the fifth studio album by the Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table, released on July 7, 2009 by Side One Dummy Records. It was produced by Joe Gittleman of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and features backing vocals by Sirae Richardson, Hayley Jane, and Nicole and Simone...

(2009, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

)
For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious
For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious
For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious is the sixth studio album by the Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table, released on July 5, 2011 by Side One Dummy Records...

(2011, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

)

EPs

Live EP (1998, Fork In Hand Records)

1. Introduction
2. Fatman
3. Draw the Line
4. Hey
5. Tommy
6. 51 Gardner

The Gipsy Hill EP
The Gipsy Hill EP
The Gipsy Hill is a 2002 release by the ska band Big D and the Kids Table. There are two versions of the release: the EP version, and an LP version that adds the song "Apologies."-Track listing:# "Check List" - 2:25# "Evil Girl/Angry Girl" - 3:00...

(2002, Fork In Hand Records)

Salem Girls (2005, Springman Records
Springman Records
Springman Records is an independent record label founded in 1998 by Avi Ehrlich that was run out of his parent's garage in Cupertino, California until late 2005, when Ehrlich moved the label to Sacramento...

)

1. Salem Girls
2. She's Lovely
3. Oo Ie Yah
4. Baby Don't Cry
5. Salem Girls [Dub Remix] Hidden Track
6. She's Lovely [Stripped Down] Hidden Track
7. Salem Girls [Instrumental] Hidden Track
8. (Untitled) Hidden Track

Noise Complaint EP (2007, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

) iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

Only Exclusive

1. Noise Complaint
2. Shining On
3. Halfway Home

Wicked Hardcore Christmas (2009, Springman Records
Springman Records
Springman Records is an independent record label founded in 1998 by Avi Ehrlich that was run out of his parent's garage in Cupertino, California until late 2005, when Ehrlich moved the label to Sacramento...

)

1. Wicked Hardcore Christmas
2. Wicked Hip-Hop Christmas
3. Wicked House Christmas
4. Wicked Hallicinogenic Christmas
5. Wicked Hip-Hop Christmas [clean version]

2 Songs 1 Download (2010, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

)

1. Lash Out (1:29)
2. Not Our Fault (1:44)

Splits

Split 7" with Lounge (1997, Montalban Hotel)
Shot By Lammi
Shot By Lammi
-Track listing:*Songs performed by Big D and the Kids Table# "In Front of Me" - 3:59# "NNH" - 2:54# "Draw the Line" - 1:47# "Jeremy" - 2:29# "What?" - 1:13# "Quiet Room" - 5:58# "Stupid Mind" - 2:43# "Giving It Up" - 4:48# "Conserve" - 2:40# "Hey" - 2:30...

(Split with Drexel) (1997, Fork In Hand Records)
Look What You've Done (Split with Five Knuckle
Five Knuckle
-History:Five Knuckle from Bristol, England formed in 1998, playing punk & hardcore influenced by Minor Threat, Refused, Anti-Flag, At the Drive-In and Choking Victim amongst others...

) (2003, Household Name Records)
Split 7" with Melt Banana (2003, Fork In Hand Records)
Beijing to Boston
Beijing to Boston
Beijing to Boston is a split album featuring Boston ska punk act Big D and the Kids Table and China punk act Brain Failure. It was released on February 20, 2007, only a month before the release of the highly anticipated Strictly Rude.- Track listing :...

(Split with Brain Failure
Brain Failure
Brain Failure is a punk rock band that is based in Beijing, China. The band's music is influenced by bands such as The Clash and Rancid. Their lyrical subject matter covers politics and personal politics. They have toured with Dropkick Murphys, The Business, and The Unseen from Boston,...

) (2007, Bad News Records)

Remix albums

Strictly Mixed and Mashed (remix album with dj BC
Dj BC
Bob Cronin, better known by the stage name dj BC, is an American disc jockey and Mashup record producer.BC's work has been heard from the radio stations in Boston and New York City to stations in Paris and Athens. For several years he co-hosted a mash-up night in Boston, known as Mash Ave, with a...

) (2008, Fork In Hand Records)
Rude Remix Revolution (remix album with various artists) (2009, Silver Sprocket)

Compilations

Mailorder is Still Fun!! (1999, Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...

)
Club Zed (2001, Headcore Records)
A Far Away Place (2002, Robot Racket Records)
The Giant Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (2002, Fork in Hand Records)
The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show is an album featuring the soundtrack of the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show as performed by modern punk rock bands...

(2003, Springman Records
Springman Records
Springman Records is an independent record label founded in 1998 by Avi Ehrlich that was run out of his parent's garage in Cupertino, California until late 2005, when Ehrlich moved the label to Sacramento...

)
State of the Union Volume 2 (2003, Union Label Group
Union Label Group
Union Label Group is a record label based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was formed through the merger of the smaller labels Stomp Records, 2112 Records, and Tyrant Records. Mayday! Records was later created as a genre imprint....

)
Danger Zone Records Presents: A Call for the Underground (2004, Danger Zone Records)
2005 Warped Tour Compilation (2005, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

)
Pucknation Dot Com: The Album II (2006, Little Heart Records)
Ska is Dead
Ska Is Dead
Ska Is Dead is a recurring ska music tour which has featured in 2004, and twice in 2005. It was first titled Ska is Dead and You're Next!The purpose of the tour has been to revitalize and continue interest in ska and ska-influenced music...

(2007, Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...

)
2007 Warped Tour Compilation (2007, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

)
2009 Warped Tour Compilation
Warped Tour 2009 Tour Compilation
The Warped Tour 2009 Tour Compilation is the fourteenth installment in the annual compilation series accompanying the Warped Tour. The cover is a photograph of NOFX members El Hefe, Fat Mike, and Erik Sandin performing on the 2006 tour.- Track listing :...

(2009, SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...

)

External links

Official Site
Big D and The Kids Table Interview on NotableInterviews.com

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