Bass, Vocals, and a Little Bit of Everything Else
rob-felicetti
Rob officially joined Bowling For Soup on bass guitar and backing vocals, replacing longtime bassist Erik Chandler.
His role has continued to grow.
He drafts the band’s set lists, contributes to graphic design, and has become increasingly involved in songwriting and recording. A song he co-wrote became the first single from the 2022 Bowling For Soup album Pop Drunk Snot Bread, and he played a substantial creative role in the album the band completed in early 2026.
That record was produced primarily by the band, with additional help from Linus of Hollywood and engineers Dan Malsch and AJ Larsen. Rob considers it the strongest collection of songs he has ever helped create.
Onstage, his job is less complicated: make sure nobody knows what he is going to do next.
His performance style draws from bands like NOFX and the Aquabats. It is physical, erratic, unpredictable, and usually only loosely connected to whatever a bass player would traditionally be expected to do during a song.
His favorite Bowling For Soup song to play live is “Ohio.” His choice for the band’s most underrated song is “I Don’t Wish You Were Dead Anymore.”
His main instrument is a custom creation known as the Horse Bass, designed by Rob and Bowling For Soup guitar tech Ian. It combines a Squier Bronco Bass body with a Fender Mustang Bass neck and hardware, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickups, a custom-routed pickguard, no control knobs, an on-and-off toggle in place of a volume knob, and a side-mounted input jack.
It is unusual, functional, slightly excessive, and unmistakably Rob.
