When The Allman Brothers suggested it, on their critically acclaimed album, "Eat a Peach," they may just have been referring to "Fat City Reprise" because this band is a peach. And just like the Roald Dahl story, James and the Giant Peach, there is enough here for every music fan to enjoy their fill of hooks, funky bass-lines and authentic, heart-felt vocals all behind one of the most impressive drummers of this generation. You will soon find yourself dancing along, singing and screaming for the one and only, uncompromisable, Fat City Reprise.

Fat City Reprise took their name from the Hunter S. Thompson campaign for Sheriff of Aspen County, when he proposed that if he were elected, he'd change the name of Aspen to "Fat City" to ward off the looming corporate takeover that was leaving lots of local residents feeling uneasy. Fat City Reprise are Frankie Pedano (keys and lead voice), Nick Anastasi (guitars and cleaning up the kitchen), Michael Vivas (Bass and Nerd) and Jay Miraglia (Drums and Driving).

The 4 of them, along with their manager, Mike Lowe (pictured), live in South Philadelphia, and are seen out and about at various open-mics throughout the city. They play the Philadelphia and New York City scenes regularly including gigs at The Knitting Factory, The Bitter End, The Lion's Den, Fat Baby's, Piano's and Arlene's Grocery in New York City and anywhere from World Cafe Live to the recently renamed, Fillmore at the TLA, in Philadelphia. But their home stage and crowd is the Grape Street in Manayunk, PA where they recently finished a stint of 46 straight weeks on a Grape Street stage, sometimes playing twice or three times a week. With regular special guests such as locals, Stillicide, Head, Ike, Preston Swift, Soraia, and the Anthony Renzulli band, their Tuesday night acoustic gigs became very popular and garnered the attention of 93.3 WMMR, Philly's long-stanging pillar of rock radio.

The band's single, Cowgirl, made it on to 93.3 DJ and host, Jaxon's disc, "Local Shots: Vol. 2," and they were offered an opportunity to open for The Flaming Lips, their personal heroes, at the Southern Comfort Remix stage in 2006 at the Festival Pier in Philadelphia. They've since opened for Paolo Nutini at the Borgata in Atlantic City and will soon open for Hanson at the Electric Factory later this month. They are planning a tour to the mid-west playing dates with The Queue, a band they met at a high-profile music event in Las Vegas earlier in August. This will be the band's first foray into their role as a "touring band."

They are currently writing and recording new music despite having just put out a ten-track debut, self-titled, in May of 2007. The album was released independently on the newly formed, Mike Lowe Music, and was recorded at Philadelphia's legendary, "The Studio, 215." Home of The Roots, The Studio has recorded sessions with Justin Timberlake, R. Kelly, Patti Labelle, Mike Lowe, Jennifer Lopez, Will Smith, and many other prominent national acts.

Their favorite bands right now are Philadelphia's own Dr. Dog and their brother band, The Teeth, along with Delaware's, The Spinto Band. As self-proclaimed "promotional whores," they work tirelessly, interacting with their fans via myspace and building their fan-network through an ever-pressing effort to distribute their 4-song demo to every living person in the world. They've recently released a line of skateboards featuring their logo and mascot, the guitar-wielding Ganesh, with the pink and purple swirls, taken from Alice in Wonderland's Cheshire Cat, as a backdrop.

They have everything in place to take a prominent role among the nation's top touring rock acts and a permanent place in rock's history.