Monique Powell lead vocalist from the band "Save Ferris" joins Music Matters host Darrell Craig Harris from her home in Garden Grove, California!

Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris

Darrell Craig Harris

Music, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Music Matters host Darrell Craig Harris speaks with Monique Powell long-time lead vocalist for the popular ska/rock band “Save Ferris” from her home in Garden Grove, California! #saveferris #skaband #podcast WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Save Ferris is a ska-punk band formed in Orange County, California circa 1995. Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Lead by the inimitable front-woman Monique Powell, the band enjoyed mainstream success in the late 1990s with radio hits, constant touring and appearances on a variety of television shows and movies. The band released their debut EP "Introducing Save Ferris" on Powell's own Starpool Records, in 1996. They ended up selling close to 20,000 copies of their EP out of the trunks of their cars, thanks to loyal fans and huge support from Orange County independent record shops. That same year, Powell provided vocals on the Reel Big Fish song "She Has A Girlfriend Now" on their album "Turn the Radio Off" (Mojo). https://www.SaveFerris.com Social Media / saveferrisofficialband PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! We have many more amazing guests coming that you don't want to miss! Music Matters Podcast is hosted by globally published music journalist, Pro musician and Getty Images photographer Darrell Craig Harris! Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris is now on Spotify, iTunes, Podbean and more! Darrell interviews globally known artists, musicians, music journalists, music business insiders, and more on a weekly basis! Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3au9TSi Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7bJF7f5... IHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-mu... Website https://www.MusicMattersPodcast.com contact us at: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Welcome to Music Matters podcast with Daryl Craig Harris, talking about all things music,
0:09.6	with celebrities, artists, music business insiders, and more.
0:20.5	Monique Powell, how are you doing today?
0:22.6	I'm doing fantastic. Thank you.
0:25.6	So you are from an awesome band, Save Ferris.
0:28.6	The music just puts a smile on your face.
0:30.6	I love ska music, which is kind of your roots.
0:33.6	I'm an Orange County boy as we were just talking about.
0:36.6	So I kind of grew up with a lot of the ska bands hitting pretty hard.
0:39.6	A lot of great local, obviously, no doubt in those bands too.
0:42.5	So you've got a lot going on.
0:44.6	You've got a spring tour that's going to be United States.
0:47.7	You've got summer shows, festival shows, Europe and UK.
0:52.7	You have a very special show. I think you're kind of building it as
0:56.6	the post Valentine's Day show on February 15th, Garden, Amphitheater, Orange County with a
1:04.2	bunch of special guests. So how are you doing? It sounds like you're very busy.
1:08.5	So busy. And I'm so grateful for it because I'm happiest when I'm working, you know?
1:15.4	And yeah, this show at the Garden Amphitheater on the 15th is like, kind of like, for me,
1:23.0	it's the most special show of the year because we usually do around Christmas time, we usually do a
1:29.3	hometown show and we had to push it this year because we had some other shows book.
1:34.9	And the fact that this is in Garden Grove, which is where I grew up partly, makes it just
1:41.4	that much more special. So I always go all out for this one hometown show every year.
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