The Bruce Lee Band (or B. Lee Band) is the name given to the releases of

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and his backing band which up until 2005 included members of

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and the

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. As of 2014, the collective consisted of touring and recording members from

Skankin' Pickle Skankin' Pickle was an American ska punk band formed in San Jose, California that was active from 1989 to 1997. Biography Skankin' Pickle first formed in December 1988, made up of students from Westmont High School and Los Gatos High School. T ...

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, Hard Girls,

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, among others. The music played by Bruce Lee Band spans nearly all subgenres of ska music. Their 2005 release, ''Beautiful World'', showcased a heavily two-tone influenced sound, using exclusively clean guitar and unusual song structure. In contrast, the debut release features more third-wave qualities, and a sound that was very typical of 1995—the year in which it was released. Park has also used the name the B. Lee Band at times, in order to avoid legal complications with the estate of the late

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...

. The first album was released under the name Bruce Lee Band and Lee's brother Robert, who happened to be the manager of the CD manufacturing plant responsible for pressing the album, contacted Park informally to warn him that Bruce Lee's name and likeness were copyrighted by the Bruce Lee Foundation and offered the friendly suggestion that Park change the band's name. Later pressings of the album were released under the B. Lee Band name. Their ''Community Support Group'' EP was released January 28, 2014 on Really Records and introduced a new lineup that includes

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, Mike Huguenor, and Kevin Higuchi.The Bruce Lee Band - Community Support Group / Really Records
/ref> Later on that year, the band released "Everything Will Be Alright, My Friend." The band played a few shows in California in 2014, along with the New Generation of Ska Festival in South Korea. In 2019, Mike Park posted a picture on social media indicating that the band was working on new material. Featured in the picture were Dan Potthast, Mike Park, Kevin Higuchi and Jeff Rosenstock. Trombonist Gerry Lundquist of

and

and John DeDomenici of

Bomb the Music Industry! Bomb the Music Industry! (commonly abbreviated as Bomb or BtMI!) were an American punk rock musical collective from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, United States, led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Rosenstock. ...

frequently perform live with the band as well.

Releases

References

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