No Bare Feet was a Pop-Punk band from the islands of Hawaii, that was co-formed by my uncle, Adrian Estrella, who now sings for Zebrahead, and previously, Assuming We Survive.
Quoted from No Bare Feet's official website: No Bare Feet formed on the little island of Oahu, Hawaii. Brothers, Matt & Josh Baker along with good friend Trevor Jackson teamed up with Adrian Estrella to form No Bare Feet in early January of 03'.
Radio stations soon took notice in that and paired NBF up with bands such as SUM 41, HOOBASTANK, and SLIGHTLY STOOPID when they came to town. These radio stations liked NBF so much the guys found themselves on the air quite a bit with Hawaii's top DJ's spinning NBF's music. They had played many shows around the islands and were featured on various calender sites like 808shows.com, that displayed their old show dates!
8th Grade Teacher is a 15-track album released in 2005 that featured the sounds of that classic Y2K Punk Rock sound, with a deep overtone of Hawaiian energy and teen angst. The Album was produced by Cameron Webb, whom had previously produced records for Motorhead, Sum 41, and Social Distortion. The Album was recorded in Orange County, CA.
The album was the first and last piece of music NBF released and would go on to be reuploaded onto YouTube through archive channels and be released onto Spotify and Apple Music through "Hawaiian Express" a Hawaiian punk record label that featured two No Bare Feet classics, '8th Grade Teacher' and 'Our Song' on volumes 1 and 2 of their annual release of "Hawaiian Punk:
Somewhere between 2003-2005 No Bare Feet recorded an unnamed demo CD that contained 6 tracks. One of these songs was released through Hawaiian Express in 2008, called "Our Song". Along with it, 3 of them were songs never previously released, and 2 of them were actually demo versions of their album releases, "Your Freedom" and "Can I Say".
Audio Abuse has contacted Hawaiian Express in regards to the band, and they have offered to officially re-release the album if given permission to do so. Further, they have mentioned in our conversation that they do, in fact still have further information regarding the band on archive that they will try to recover and send us, so stay tuned
Amongst this, 8th Grade Teacher was the first and last piece of music NBF released and would go on to be reuploaded onto YouTube through archive channels and be released onto Spotify and Apple Music through Hawaiian Express, that featured two No Bare Feet classics, '8th Grade Teacher' and 'Our Song' on volumes 1 and 2 of their annual release of "Hawaiian Punk: -Punk Rock from the islands of Hawaii", released in 2007 and 2008
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Although we were fortunate enough to have the full 8th Grade Teacher album on YouTube, sadly, the amount of live footage we have is next to none. Only three videos, for that matter... Although one of them, No Bare Feet Live at Hawthorne Heights, HI at the Pipeline Cafe tragically has no sound, the other two videos certainly make up for it! One of the videos shows NBF playing at Warped Tour somewhere in 2005 or 2004, playing their song "3rd Of December" to a very happy crowd! However, the last of the three, No Bare Feet Live at the Pipeline Cafe, Waikiki, Hawaii is a video I must speak on with personal thoughts; This video features both my uncle (the singer of the band) and also my father, who can be seen at the right of the stage at the start of the video handing out one of the two large American flags to a member of the crowd. This video is very important to me for many reasons but above all, seeing your own uncle in the early 2000s jump off of a P.A system to a crowd of thousands of rowdy people chanting the lyrics of his band's music, has to be one of the most life-changing experiences of my life. It sounds dumb... But trust me when I say, This website, my music, the love I have for CDs and physical media, my view on the world, my fashion sense, and my perspective on life, all happened because of this video and the amazing album that came with it. It's the thought that your uncle is a larger-than-life person, and you didn't even really know it. It has brought me closer to his music, and himself. Although I cannot always talk to him and haven't seen him in a few years, I am going to see him again soon!
ANYWAY! Emotional real talk over!- If you have any idea of the whereabouts of lost NBF live footage of have footage yourself, send it in!! Head to the contact tab and I will get back to you soon!