<P> Bowling for Soup (often typeset as ¡ Bowling for Soup! and abbreviated as BFS) is an American rock band originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1994 . The band consists of Jaret Reddick (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Burney (guitar, backing vocals), Erik Chandler (bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar), and Gary Wiseman (drums, percussion, backing vocals). The band is best known for its singles "Girl All the Bad Guys Want", "1985", "Almost", and "High School Never Ends". </P> <P> Bowling for Soup has its origins in Wichita Falls, Texas, where Jaret Reddick (born Jaret Ray Reddick on March 6, 1972) and other members of the band grew up . Reddick and original drummer Lance Morrill (born Lance Eric Morrill between 1971--1972) met in kindergarten in the fall of 1977 . Reddick and guitarist Chris Burney (born May 25, 1969) knew each other in high school (they met in 1986), and as students in the 1980s, they grew up on the commercially successful heavy metal music of bands such as Quiet Riot, RATT, and Mötley Crüe, but were also influenced by the faster punk rock of the Ramones and later Green Day . Burney's family owned a Wichita Falls coffeehouse "The Refuge" with a music stage and played there with his first band "The Persecuted", where he and Reddick met bassist Erik Chandler (born December 22, 1974) and drummer Gary Wiseman (born January 6, 1979) in the early 1990s (although Wiseman did not join the band until 1998). </P> <P> Burney and Chandler soon formed the Folkadots, while Wiseman formed Gary & the Wiseman . Burney and Chandler, along with Morrill, also formed the band Slaw . Around this time, Reddick formed the band Terminal Seasons . Not too long after, Jaret Reddick and Lance Morrill formed coolfork!, which Chris Burney later joined . The band was in full swing by 1993, playing such venues as the Refuge . A few months later, after forming a band called Rubberneck, the group took the name Bowling for Soup (inspired by Bowling for Dollars) in 1994, and the band was officially formed in Wichita Falls on June 4, 1994 by Jaret Reddick (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Burney (guitar, backing vocals), Erik Chandler (bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar), and Lance Morrill (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Morrill left the band in 1998 (on good terms) and was replaced by friend Gary Wiseman (joining in July 1998) of Gary and the Wisemen . The band's name was derived from a comedy act by Steve Martin . </P> <P> In 1996, Bowling for Soup relocated to Denton, Texas and in 1998 recorded their second studio album, third overall, Rock on Honorable Ones!! for Denton music label FFROE . The group released its first EP, Tell Me When to Whoa, through FFROE later that year . The album sold over 10,000 copies, prompting Jive Records to sign the band . Beginning around 1999, Jaret & Erik began performing acoustic shows at smaller venues and showcases, playing primarily Bowling for Soup songs in an acoustic - fashion . </P>

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