Christopher Faulkner (band)

Christopher Faulkner are an American ska punk band from, that was formed in 1989. Named after drummer and band founder Christopher Faulkner, the band's most famous lineup was comprised of Spyros "Spy" Orologas (vocals), Curtis "Busch" Kinglake (lead guitar, vocals), Lars "Cheeseburger" Steffensen (rhythm bass, vocals), Vincent "Vinny" Espinola (lead bass), Janelle Bettens (rhythm guitar), Derek "Monkey Boy" Perlberg (keyboards, vocals), and Faulkner (drums, vocals), along with the horn section of Kurtis Bettens (trumpet), Paul Dudding Jr. (trombone), Jayden Petrina (saxophone), and Kurt Murdoch (cornet). Faulkner and the Bettens siblings, along with the duo of the band's manager Ernest Piovano and music critic Jim Sellman (who both met at ), played a key role in writing many of the band's lyrics. Their independently-released 1993 breakthrough album, All You Couldn't Eat, became one of a few independently-released albums to crack the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 at the time of it's release. Their 1996 major label debut How Come Hair Metal is Dead, When Grunge Is Dying Too? was their most successful release, showcasing their unique blend of ska, pop punk and worldbeat sounds.

The aforementioned famous lineup reunited in 2014 to record the group's "second comeback album" Let's Get Back Together... Maybe, and to tour for the first time with Faulkner's side projects Christopher Faulkner's Super Band and Christopher Faulkner Chapter III.