The Presidents of the United States of America

The Presidents of the United States of Americaare an American alternative rock band. The three-piece group currently comprises Chris Ballew, Jason Finn and Andrew McKeag. Dave Dederer was a member of the band for 11 years before leaving in 2004. They have released six studio albums since forming in 1993.

The band has released five studio albums, sixteen singles, three extended plays, one video album, two compilation albums and a live album.

The Presidents recorded a 10-song cassette, Froggystyle, that they sold at shows in 1994. A year later, they released their self-titled debut album and a limited edition blue vinyl 7" single, "Fuck California". Singles from the album included "Lump", "Peaches" and "Kitty".

"Weird Al" Yankovic created a parody of the Presidents' "Lump", titled "Gump", which was released on Yankovic's album Bad Hair Day. In 1997, the Christian comedy band ApologetiX also parodied Lump with "Plump", as well as "Peaches" with "Preachers".

A follow-up album, II, was released and was certified gold in the US.

The band broke up just before their third album, Pure Frosting, was released in 1998. The CD also contained videos for "Lump", "Peaches", "Mach 5" and "Dune Buggy". Other songs included "Video Killed the Radio Star" which was included on the soundtrack for The Wedding Singer, and "Cleveland Rocks" which was the theme song for The Drew Carey Show.

The Presidents also wrote the theme song for the 1998 TV movie My Date with the President's Daughter and they performed a cover of the George of the Jungle theme song for the 1997 movie of the same name.

The Presidents collaborated with Sir Mix-A-Lot as Subset, a short-lived rock and hip-hop band. They had a brief tour and recorded several songs, but never released an album.

The Presidents reunited to release a new single, "Jupiter", in 2000, and followed it up with a new album, Freaked Out & Small. In 2004, the band reformed and released Love Everybody with two singles released through the Apple iTunes store.

The band's next album, These Are the Good Times People, released in March 2008. The first single from the new album was "Mixed Up S.O.B."

In 2012, Columbia Records re-released Lump, a discount greatest hits compilation, without the band's approval or collaboration.