Why Do They Rock So Hard? - Reel Big Fish Reviews

"Why Do They Rock So Hard?" is the third full-length release by the ska-punk band Reel Big Fish, released in 1998. This, one of their finest records, opens with "Somebody Hates Me" which sets the tone for the rest of the album. Fast distorted guitars, clean, up-beat guitars, catchy horn lines and catchy ...  Read the complete review

I have been a fan of Reel Big Fish for absolutely YAGES now and i love every single song they have EVER done but 'Why Do They Rock So Hard?' has to be their best album yet! Reel Big Fish were one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the commercial successes of more well known ...  Read the complete review

Yep that?s right folks I have gone fishing! And I am going to tell you about the Reel Big Fish that I caught! Okay, silliness over now (well not quite? yet!) this opinion is going to be about the last album that Reel Big Fish released! If you haven?t guessed by now, or haven?t heard of them, Reel Big Fish are a band! (of the ska-punk style I ...  Read the complete review

Reel Big Fish: Why do they rock so hard? in my opinion is an album of pure brilliance. Reel Big Fish manages to combine brass and punk music to make an amazing form of music know as ska. Ska takes some forms of punk music, performed with brass instruments as well as the electric guitar, bass and drums. This somehow manages to make a very ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard this album, I wasn't entirely sure what to think. The initial impression it made on me was none too promising. It appeared to be the usual ska-punk-pop, a Less Than Jake meets Blink 182 type thing. Not really my sort of thing, but nothing I was going to immediately regard as not worth the effort of listening to. ...  Read the complete review