Scott Klopfenstein

{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Scott Klopfenstein | image = Scott Klopfenstein.jpg | alt = | caption = Klopfenstein in 2007. | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | origin = [[Garden Grove, California]], [[United States]] | instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]], [[trumpet]], [[guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] | genre = [[Ska punk]], [[indie rock]] | occupation = Musician, songwriter | years_active = 1993–present | label = [[Mojo Records|Mojo]], [[Jive Records|Jive]], At the Helm, Records from Another Place | associated_acts = [[Reel Big Fish]], [[The Littlest Man Band]], PAL, [[The Scholars (band)|The Scholars]], Nuckle Brothers, [[Less Than Jake]] | website = }}

'''Scott Allen Klopfenstein''' is an American musician and a member of the band [[Reel Big Fish]]. He [[sings]] and plays [[trumpet]], [[guitar]], and [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]].

Before joining Reel Big Fish, Klopfenstein played trumpet in Nuckle Brothers and trumpet and vocals in [[The Scholars (band)|The Scholars]]. He briefly headed a side project called Pal with fellow former Scholars member [[Jesse Wilder]], but then started [[The Littlest Man Band]], which featured Dan Regan from Reel Big Fish, [[Vincent Walker]] from [[Suburban Legends]], and three members of The Scholars. Reel Big Fish and The Littlest Man Band have performed at the same venues.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

In 2005, Klopfenstein moved to [[New York City]] to live with his fiancée. In September, he was diagnosed with [[Guillain–Barré syndrome]] while touring [[New Zealand]] with Reel Big Fish. Klopfenstein was hospitalized immediately, and sent home to New York to recover. He rejoined the band for a New Year's Eve concert that year. While touring in [[Europe]], Klopfenstein relapsed and was flown home from [[Amsterdam]], unable to finish the rest of the tour. He subsequently returned to the band's lineup.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

In September 2006, Klopfenstein married his fiancée, whom he has known since high school. In 2008, he played trumpet on the [[Less Than Jake]] album ''[[GNV FLA]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

Klopfenstein retired from Reel Big Fish at the end of 2011, before the birth of his first child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/41187 |title=Scott Klopfenstein leaves Reel Big Fish |publisher=Punknews.org |date= 11 January 2011|accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref>

In concert, Klopfenstein often interacted with the audience and participated in banter with Barrett.<ref>[http://www.geocities.ws/sinkholezine/reelbigfish.html Sink Hole ‘Zine Interviews Page-Reel Big Fish]</ref>

In 2021, Klopfenstein starred in the video for [[We Are the Union]]'s single, "Make It Easy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-we-are-the-unions-teen-sitcom-inspired-video-for-new-song-make-it-easy/|title=Watch We Are The Union's teen sitcom-inspired video for new song "Make It Easy"|website=[[BrooklynVegan]]|date=May 20, 2021|last=Sacher|first=Andrew}}</ref>

In 2026, Klopfenstein was revealed to have returned to Reel Big Fish.

==Discography== ===With Reel Big Fish=== * ''[[Turn the Radio Off]]'' (1996) * ''[[Why Do They Rock So Hard?]]'' (1998) * ''[[Cheer Up! (Reel Big Fish album)|Cheer Up!]]'' (2002) * ''[[We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy]]'' (2005) * ''[[Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album]]'' (2006) * ''[[Duet All Night Long]]'' (2007) * ''[[Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free]]'' (2007) * ''[[Fame, Fortune and Fornication]]'' (2009) * ''[[A Best of Us for the Rest of Us]]'' (2010)

===With The Littlest Man Band=== * ''[[Better Book Ends]]'' (2004)

===Solo=== *''Welcome to New York/The Hilarious'' (2019) *''Average Man'' (2020) *''Islands in the Stream'' (2021)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.reel-big-fish.com Reel Big Fish]

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