current_members years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
ryan kepke joe nixon jackson mould jeremiah brown 1994 ; 2008 2011-2012 , 2015 & ndash ; 2004 , 2007 & ndash sideonedummy , tooth & nail , fueled by ramen slick shoes
 jonah clark josh kleven bill lanz jordan mould peterson dale yob greg togawa david stoltenberg kevin group_or_band punk rock , pop punk , skate punk antelope valley , u.s. slick shoes
slick shoes

slick shoes is a punk rock band with christian origins from antelope valley , california .
their name comes from the hit 1985 movie , `` the goonies '' , ` slick shoes ' being one of the character data 's many gadgets .
the band formed in 1994 and made their first release as a self-titled ep in 1997 .
they released five full length cds , four of them on seattle-based tooth & nail records .
they also released an ep , a split with autopilot off and a greatest hits cd entitled `` the biggest & the best '' , featuring three previously unreleased songs .
the band had gone through numerous line-up changes over the years , but singer ryan kepke and joe nixon -lrb- drums -rrb- performed on every release , while jeremiah brown -lrb- bass -rrb- played on all except their final album , `` far from nowhere '' .
this was their first release without tooth and nail records , which they left , not for religious reasons , but merely because their contract had finished and the band felt the need for a change .
`` far from nowhere '' was released on sideonedummy records in the summer of 2003 .
the band was particularly successful in the christian punk scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s and toured alongside their peers , both secular and christian -lrb- most notably bands such as face to face and mxpx , respectively -rrb- .
they also played certain legs of the vans warped tour in 2003 .
