You might also want to check out the singer/songwriter's previous band, Gangster Fun. They were (or are - their MySpace page mentions they just had a reunion show) a pretty great ska band from Detroit that were always a lot of fun live.

for reasons i never quite understood, my junior high screened this movie for the whole school every year. i had completely forgotten about the film until i came across the bombora's cover of the title song a few years back...