The Ernies

There are at least two bands with the name "The Ernies". 1) A punkrock band from Virginia (USA). 2) A punkrock band from Germany. 1) The Ernies was an American punk rock, with occasional ska, band of the late 1990s. The band's music was a blend of ska, punk and humorous lyrics, often dealing with the subjects of philosophy and science. The Ernies was formed by three students of Virginia Commonwealth University: Will Hummel, Matt Goves, and Hayes Smith. Hayes majored in music education (where he learned to play the saxophone and bassoon) and Matt in music performance (percussion). Will studied English, and was especially influenced by the Modernists of the early 20th century. 2) The Ernies is an German punkrock band formed in 1996. Their music can be described as melodic punkrock in American/Swedish style with multiple background voices, they combine modern punkrock with shares of trumpet, trombone or bass with harmonic vocals and powerfull guitar riffs. Their largest success was in 1999 with their song "NoFX", they stated several weeks in the world-wide Punkrockcharts on mp3.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.