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band from Long Island, New York. Together from 1997 to 2000, their studio albums include ''Before You Knew Better'' (1998) and ''The Elements of Transition'' (1999), both released on

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. The video for their song "Veronica Sawyer" received some airplay on the MTV show '' 120 Minutes''. The band toured with bands such as

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, Catch 22,

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, and Less Than Jake. After their 2000 tour with

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and The Gadjits, the band decided to split in order to pursue other interests. Singer Brian Diaz went on to form The Reunion Show with ex-members of Step Lively and The Lightweights. Trombonist Ian McKenzie continued to play with Catch 22. Bass player Kris Baldwin played as a studio musician for Epic Records and also recorded and played with

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. As of 2019, Kris Baldwin works for Warner Bros. as an animation technical director. In the beginning of April 2005, the members of Edna's Goldfish reunited to play a cancer benefit concert at the Crazy Donkey, in

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, for a friend of the band who had cancer. In 2009, Edna's Goldfish played their first show in four years on May 2 at the Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. In November 2011, Connecticut's

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and Chicago's Underground Communiqué Records launched a fundraiser together on Kickstarter to release "Before You Knew Better" on vinyl, among other third-wave ska classics from

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, and

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. If the funding goal is met by January 18, 2012, the records were due to be released later that year. The track "Better Days" is included as a bonus track on this release. Edna's Goldfish performed to a capacity crowd on October 21, 2012, at

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Members

*Brian Diaz - vocals *David A. Galea - trumpet *Gary Henderson - trumpet *Vincent McAuliffe - guitar *Michael Warner - drums, vocals *Tom Comerford - trombone *Kristopher Baldwin - bass

Other members

*David Ringel - bass (1997–1999) *Dave Sacrastano - bass (1997) *Jon Middleman - bass (2 songs on "Before You Knew Better") *Dave Waldo - keyboards ("Veronica Sawyer" off of "Elements of Transition") *Matt Holmgren - trombone *Ian McKenzie - trombone(replaced Tom Comerford, who was originally in the band, before leaving for Catch22) *Dave Soloman - Trombone for the reunion/benefit show

References

American ska musical groups Third-wave ska groups Musical groups from Long Island {{US-punk-band-stub