The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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Oct 15, 2026
Chris DeMakesHOST
The song, formerly titled The Feel Good Drag, was originally released on the band's second album, 2005's Never Take Friendship Personal.
Chris DeMakesHOST
When the band signed to Universal Records, their A&R person was none other than Nate Albert, former guitarist for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Chris DeMakesHOST
Nate, along with others at the label, suggested that the band re-record the track.
Chris DeMakesHOST
Thinking nothing of it except for the fact that it would be fun, the band re-recorded the song, this time with producer Neal Avron.
10 MINS LATER
Chris DeMakesHOST
Well, and that's what I was gonna ask, is I noticed that Nate Albert was your A&R person over there-
Joseph MilliganGUEST
Yes
Chris DeMakesHOST
... who, uh, for the listeners, Nate Albert was the first guitarist in The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Chris DeMakesHOST
I've known, uh, Nate for years.
DaveHOST
I'm a big fan of the swing revival music from the late 90s.
DaveHOST
So I've been to a Squirrel Nut Zippers concert and a Mighty Mighty Boss Tones concert.
DaveHOST
So I've always liked stuff like that.
DaveHOST
So these are
Adam BroudGUEST
Yeah.
Adam BroudGUEST
It was kinda like, uh, I'd seen Mighty Mighty Bosstones behind you earlier.
Mike PetersHOST
Yep.
Adam BroudGUEST
That was kind of our inspiration as well.
Mike PetersHOST
I don't know if...
Mike PetersHOST
I don't think I saw it in the theater, but it was probably on, like...
Mike PetersHOST
I don't know if I had the VHS or HBO, but I saw the Mighty Mighty Bosstones in it.
Mike PetersHOST
And I don't-
Jake RazorHOST
Uh, they had a, what they called the Boston Blue Beat Sound that kind of blended some 2 Tone, some rock and roll, and some calypso influences.
Jake RazorHOST
And of course, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, I believe initially just called The Bosstones, were formed there.
Jake RazorHOST
They had to change their name 'cause there was some other band.
Tyler HammerHOST
Yep.
Tyler HammerHOST
But they were n- but they were...
Tyler HammerHOST
Was that because they were a different band? Is it one of those things? You know how some bands are like, it's like, I don't know how many members.
Tyler HammerHOST
We'll say there's 30 members in Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Tyler HammerHOST
There's like, you said they were in a band called The Cheap Skates.
Chris FafaliosHOST
Well, Matt, we usually end the episodes with this, but do you wanna just start with Thunder Blunder on this episode? [laughs]
Matt KellyHOST
I'm gonna go the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the band, thundered Dicky Barrett dangerously close to a Greenwood.
Chris FafaliosHOST
Oh, wow.
Matt KellyHOST
[laughs]
Matt KellyHOST
Like, when that second wave of ska happened, like, I wouldn't fault someone for thinking that Madness sang a Special song or The Specials sang a Madness song.
Matt KellyHOST
Like, it all kind of was in its own little world.
Matt KellyHOST
But when you look at that third wave ska, like, Reel Big Fish sounds definitively different than the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, that sound definitively different than Less Than Jake [laughs], that sounds definitively different than Goldfinger.
Matt KellyHOST
Like, those bands had their own...
Rick ThorneHOST
And you guys were on their label?
Ben CrockettGUEST
Well, he was pitching us to be on the label, and we played with The Bosstones.
Ben CrockettGUEST
He got us a show.
Rick ThorneHOST
'Cause you know that was Kevin Lyman's label, too, I'm pretty sure.
Rick ThorneHOST
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ben CrockettGUEST
Um, but yeah, they had, like, Buck O'nine.
Ben CrockettGUEST
At the time, they had The Bosstones-
Rick ThorneHOST
Had a lot of big bands, yeah
MandaGUEST
...
MandaGUEST
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Average TravHOST
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Foodie Mike CHOST
Oh.
Average TravHOST
That's the one everybody knows.
Average TravHOST
Dude, he pulled that one out of nowhere.
MandaGUEST
Operation Ivy, The English Beat.
Average TravHOST
So The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Real Big Fish are the only two that I even know.
Pete ParadaGUEST
that I've been working with for a year now, or just finished our record that's coming out later this year, called The Defiant.
Pete ParadaGUEST
It's myself, it's Dickie Barrett from The Mighty Mighty Boss Tones, it's Greg Camp from Smash Mouth, it's Johnny Rio from The Street Dogs, and Joey LaRocca from The Briggs.
Pete ParadaGUEST
Yes, that's the lineup.
Pete ParadaGUEST
Again, that's the lineup.
Rick ThorneHOST
Yeah.
Rick ThorneHOST
[laughs] Thought you were going to a Mighty Mighty Bosstones show right now.
Rick ThorneHOST
What's going on?
Joe EscalanteGUEST
I could be the dude.
Greg DicksonGUEST
And, and that's when John Spence would sing with her, rest in peace, and, and I remember going at-
Rick ThorneHOST
Better than The Bosstones?
Greg DicksonGUEST
Y- yeah, in my opinion.
Rick ThorneHOST
I know, I'm just playing with you.
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