“There are few bands that are as quintessentially Santa Cruz as Ribsy's Nickel. Melting three of the town's musical passions—muscular rock, laid-back reggae and punk—this band could serve as a veritable soundtrack to Santa Cruz. The band has seen a fair amount of national interest--including songs on MTV and surf videos, but they keep their affiliations local. All about representing their beloved Westside”

With a style that touches from rock to reggae to hardcore and even a little bit of honky-tonk bluegrass. Growing up in one of California's premiere surf town's (Santa Cruz) Ribsy’s Nickel are no strangers to creating music that represents the California lifestyle. For over 14 years Ribsy’s Nickel has been playing there catchy surf/reggae/rock music up and down the California coast. Sharing the stage with bands, Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, The Expendables, Fishbone, Travis Larson Band and The Chop Tops. With a hard core local following behind them. A Ribsy’s Nickel show is one to experience.

In the summer of 1998, four friends who grew up in Santa Cruz's Westside banded together to let their stories and music be heard. With songs illustrating the colorful events that take place every day, the band quickly gained a loyal following by playing house parties and bringing near havoc to every event they played. In no time, it seemed there was a buzz around the area, and people wanted to hear more. With a 5 song demo cassette tape and a 10 song live cd circulating the Santa Cruz music scene the band decided to give their growing audience something substantial to listen to. They met producer Joel Steven and took their songs into Octagon Records to make their first full-length studio self title cd. The goal was to capture the energy of "The Nickels" live shows on the recordings. While their debut cd "Ribsy's Nickel" was released in March 2001, the band decided to enter the 104.3 KMBY and Your Music Magazine battle of the bands. A 6 month long contest featuring 44 bands from the South Bay area. When it was all said and done Ribsy's Nickel walked away with the grand prize totaling over 10,000 in cash and prizes. With the help of heavy airplay from KMBY and favorable write-ups from columnists in local papers. They have found themselves regularly booked in many Monterey/Santa Cruz venues.The music off their debut CD "Ribsy's Nickel" has been featured in numerous extreme surf-skate-snow-bmx movies. MTV's Road Rules/Real World: Battle of the Sexes and Road Rules: South Pacific. Transworld Surf video game. Fox Sports Net TV show "Core Culture" and Surfing Magazine.

In 2003 Ribsy's Nickel relocated to Southern California. The band landed in Huntington Beach and began working to broaden their fan base. While playing numerous shows up and down the California coast, and having no management or record label support. Ribsy's Nickel worked with producer Evan Frankfort (Wallflowers, Liz Phair, Sugarcult, Rancid, Turbonegro) at his North Hollywood studio called Would Work Sound. Recording Ribsy's Nickel's second cd called "Going for Broke". In 2006 Ribsy's Nickel Returned home to Santa Cruz and released “Going for Broke". That too have been feature in numerous extreme sports movies and TV shows. There song “LIVIN” was featured in the motion picture “Carmel By The Sea” due to be released in the spring of 2012.

-RIBSY'S NICKEL