Save Ferris

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Save Ferris
Background information <tr><td>Also known as</td><td colspan="2">Los Pantelones</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Image:Flag of USA.svg California, United States</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Ska punk</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Starpool, Epic, Sony</td></tr><tr><td textalign="top" style="padding-right: 1em;">Associated acts</td><td colspan="2">Starpool</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #b0c4de;" colspan="3">Former members</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">José Castellaños Brian Mashburn Bill Uechi Eric Zamora Mark Harismendy Monique Powell T-Bone Willy Evan Kilbourne</td></tr>

Save Ferris was a ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California. The band split up in 2002; their final performance was held in Culver City, California on September 20 of that year. They were best known for their cover of Dexys Midnight Runners' '80s classic "Come on Eileen."

1 Members
2 Breakup Controversy
3 Post Breakup
4 Discography
- 4.1 Albums
- 4.2 EPs
5 Trivia
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Members

[edit] Breakup Controversy

Controversy surrounded the band's 2002 break up. After the breakup Monique Powell performed with a new band under the Save Ferris moniker^{[citation needed]}. This resulted in a lawsuit^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Post Breakup

After the break up of Save Ferris, members Bill Uechi, Brian Mashburn, T-Bone Willy, Eric Zamora, and José Castellaños went on to form a ska/reggae band named Starpool. [1]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

It Means Everything (1997), Epic Records
Modified (1999), Epic Records

[edit] EPs

Introducing Save Ferris

[edit] Trivia

It is widely believed that the band got their name from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, in which the titular protagonist fakes an illness in order to be able to skip school. This leads to an impromptu aid campaign initiated by his schoolmates under the slogan "Save Ferris," which is used as a running gag throughout the movie. When the band played in Chicago, someone allegedly had the band's name displayed on the marquee in front of legendary Wrigley Field, in reference to the movie.