Chad Larson
{{short description|American musician (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Chad Larson
| image = 13-04-27 Aquabats 10.jpg
| caption = Larson performing with The Aquabats in 2013.
| birth_name = Chad Albert Larson
| alias = Crash McLarson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|27}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S.{{cite web |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/chad_a_larson_born_1965_9232063}}
| instrument = Bass guitar, trombone
| genre = Rock, pop punk, punk rock, new wave, ska
| occupation = Musician, electrician
| years_active = 1994–present
| associated_acts = The Aquabats, B.H.R., The Sandfleas, The Immortals
| website =
}}
Chad Albert Larson (born October 27, 1965) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder and bass guitarist for the Orange County rock band The Aquabats, in which he performs under the stage name and persona of Crash McLarson. From 2012 to 2014, Larson also played Crash McLarson on The Hub original series The Aquabats! Super Show! and on the series' 2019 YouTube-based revival The Aquabats! RadVentures!.
Biography
Larson has been a member of The Aquabats since the group's inception, having co-founded the band alongside Christian Jacobs and Boyd Terry in 1994.{{cite web|title=The Aquabats' Saturday Morning Mission; Who Are Those Masked Men? A Brea Band With a New CD and Plans for Capturing a TV Audience|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-28-ca-47407-story.html|last=Boehm|first=Mike|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 28, 1997}} In the earliest days of the band, Larson played trombone before switching to bass guitar.{{cite web |title=A Band Called The Aquabats!: A Sweaty History of Radness documentary |year=2003 |publisher=Serious Awesomeness!}} Since then, he's acted as one of The Aquabats' most prominent songwriters, writing or co-writing a majority of the band's material.{{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1557685&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 |title=Works written by LARSON, CHAD |publisher=ASCAP.com}} On The Aquabats! Super Show!, Larson worked as an occasional composer alongside his other bandmates in addition to his co-starring role, as well as contributing screenwriting credits, most prominently on the 2013 episode "The Shark Fighter!".
In the early 1990s and up until their break-up in 1997, Larson was also the bassist for the hardcore punk band B.H.R., an acronym whose meaning regularly changed. In 1999, Larson performed anonymously with other members of The Aquabats in the side project The Sandfleas, where he played guitar under the stage name "Breath".
Outside of The Aquabats, Larson makes a career as a professional electrician.{{cite web |url=http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/03/01/interview-christian-jacobs-assembles-the-the-aquabats-super-show/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304013243/http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/03/01/interview-christian-jacobs-assembles-the-the-aquabats-super-show/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |title=MTV Geek Interview: Christian Jacobs assembles The Aquabats! Super Show! |publisher=MTV.com |date=March 1, 2012}} He currently lives in Huntington Beach, California with his wife and four children, and, like bandmates Jacobs and Ian Fowles, is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{cite web |url=http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/shorttalk/aquabats.html |title=A Short Talk with The Aquabats' Crash McLarson |publisher=Splendid e-zine |access-date=2010-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615195314/http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/shorttalk/aquabats.html |archive-date=2011-06-15 |url-status=dead }}
Discography
=The Aquabats=
:See The Aquabats discography for a full list of recordings
- The Return of the Aquabats (1996) - bass
- The Fury of the Aquabats! (1997) - bass, organ, vocals
- The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death! (1999) - bass, vocals
- Myths, Legends and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 (2000) - bass guitar
- Yo! Check Out This Ride! EP (2004) - bass guitar
- Charge!! (2005) - bass, vocals
- Radio Down! (2010) - bass, backing vocals
- Hi-Five Soup! (2011) - bass, vocals
- The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One (2019) - bass, vocals
- Kooky Spooky...In Stereo (2020) - bass, vocals
- Finally! (2024) - bass guitar, guitar, vocals
=B.H.R.=
- Breaking In! (1993)
- Guttermouth/B.H.R. 7" split (1993)
=The Sandfleas=
- Four Songs Four Jerks (1999) - guitar
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|2971205|Chad Larson}}
- [http://www.tlchicken.com/view_story.php?ARTid=2615 Tastes Like Chicken interview with Crash McLarson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227135414/http://www.tlchicken.com/view_story.php?ARTid=2615 |date=2013-12-27 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110615195314/http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/shorttalk/aquabats.html Spendid e-zine interview with Crash McLarson]
{{The Aquabats}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Larson, Chad}}
Category:Latter Day Saints from California
Category:American punk rock bass guitarists
Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male guitarists
Category:20th-century American guitarists
{{bass-guitarist-stub}}