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{{short description|American polka/rock/worldbeat band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Brave Combo
| image             = Brave Combo 01.jpg
| caption           = Brave Combo at the Ballard Seafood Fest
| years_active      = {{Start date|1979}}–present
| origin            = [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], [[Texas]]
| genre             = [[Polka]], Polka fusion, [[Latin alternative]], [[worldbeat]], [[Tejano music|Tex-Mex]], [[salsa (music)|salsa]], [[Latin jazz]], [[ska]], [[dance music|dance]]
| label             = Four Dots, [[Rounder Records]], DenTone, Cleveland International
| current_members   = [[Carl Finch]]<br/>Carl Kleinsteuber<br/>Dave Monsch<br/>Alan Emert<br/>Robert Hokamp<br/>Jeffrey Barnes (occasional)
| past_members      = Ginny Mac<ref name="kdhx130705"/><br/>Little Jack Melody<br/>Dave Cameron<br/>Tim Walsh<br/>Bubba Hernandez<br/>Joseph Cripps<br/>Mitch Marine<br/>Paul Stivitts<br/>Ann Marie Harrop<br/>Arjuna Contreras
| website           = {{URL|bravecombo.com/}}
}}

'''Brave Combo''' is a [[polka]] fusion band based in [[Denton, Texas]].  Founded in 1979 by [[guitarist]]/[[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]ist/[[accordion]]ist [[Carl Finch]], they have been a prominent fixture in the [[Texas]] music scene for more than thirty-five years.<ref name="dfw140618"/> Their music, both originals and covers, incorporates a number of [[dance (music)|dance style]]s, mostly polka, but also some [[Latin American music|Latin American]] and [[Caribbean music|Caribbean]] styles like [[Norteño (music)|norteño]], [[salsa (music)|salsa]], [[Cuban rumba|rumba]], [[cha-cha-cha (music)|cha-cha-cha]], [[choro]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[two-step (dance move)|two-step]], [[cumbia]], [[Charanga (Cuba)|charanga]], [[merengue (music)|merengue]], [[ska]], etc, all performed with a [[Rock music|rock]]/[[worldbeat]] energy.

As part of their perceived artistic mission to expand the musical tastes of their listeners, they have often played and recorded covers of well-known songs in a style radically different from the original versions.  Examples include polka versions of [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s "[[Purple Haze]]" and [[The Doors]]' "People are Strange", [[The Rolling Stones]]' "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]]" as a cha-cha, and "[[Sixteen Tons]]" as a cumbia.

==History and influences==
In a 1995 feature in ''[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]]'', band cofounder [[Carl Finch]] described Brave Combo's influence as a polka band with rock styles as an earnest way to escape an increasingly corporate cultural landscape, lamenting-<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/583928886/|url-access=subscription|date=September 8, 1995|location=Santa Fe, N.M.|work=The Santa Fe New Mexican|title=Brave Combo's polkas are 90 percent serious; It's 'a beat, a dancing drug'|last=Prince|first=David|page=59}}</ref>

<blockquote>
'Rock had been removed from the common people' he said 'and musically I wanted what I do to have depth, I started listening to polka and ethnic records I'd find at Target six for $5 — nothing could beat that. At first, I’d just buy whatever covers looked strangest but after a while I’d do research and find out what was good.' Among the best, he soon discovered, were names like [[Larry Chesky]] and his big band polka sound, Norwegian accordion virtuoso Andrew Walter (“exciting intense” is Finch’s assessment), and [[Eddie Blazonczyk]], the “Godfather” of Chicago’s Polish community. 'All this came out of a sense of desperation'.
</blockquote>

Brave Combo had its website at brave.com/bo, a [[domain hack]]. The [[domain name]] brave.com was purchased in 1995 by a fan of the band, who transferred it to the band in 1997. In mid-2010s, Finch sold the domain to Brave Software, which develops the web browser [[Brave (web browser)|Brave]], in exchange for bravecombo.com, which had been taken by a [[domain squatter|squatter]], and an undisclosed sum of money.<ref>{{cite podcast|last=Jeffries|first=Adrienne|date=December 3, 2019|url=https://underunderstood.com/podcast/episode/brave-combo/|title=Brave Dot Com|website=Underunderstood|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Brave Software|date=November 13, 2019|url=https://brave.com/the-road-to-brave-one-dot-zero/|title=The road to Brave 1.0|work=Brave Software|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
They won a [[Grammy Award]] in 1999 in the [[Grammy Award for Best Polka Album|Best Polka Album]] category for their album ''[[Polkasonic]]'', and again in 2004 for their album ''[[Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album|Let's Kiss]]''.<ref name="drc2"/><ref name="Grammy"/>

In naming Denton, Texas, the "Best Music Scene" for 2008, [[Paste (magazine)|''Paste'' magazine]] cited Brave Combo as the "Grand Pooh-Bah of Denton bands" and said that "Brave Combo, is in many ways the template from which all the rest are cut: eclectic and artistically ambitious, with a high degree of musicianship and a strong DIY ethic."<ref>{{cite news |work=Paste |title=Signs of Life 2008: Best Music Scene – Denton, Texas |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/signs-of-life-2008-best-music-scene---denton-texas.html |date=November 21, 2008 |first=Dave |last=Sims |access-date=November 22, 2008 |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202091733/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/signs-of-life-2008-best-music-scene---denton-texas.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Media appearances==
[[File:BraveComboSimpsons.jpg|frame|left|Brave Combo on ''The Simpsons'']] 
*[[File:19801000-18-BraveCombo.jpg|thumb|Brave Combo performs at Zero's nightclub in Fort Worth, Texas.  October, 1980.|alt=]]The band made a short appearance, as animated figures, on the March 21, 2004, episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ("[[Co-Dependents' Day]]").<ref name="drc2"/> Series creator [[Matt Groening]] is a fan of the band and they appeared on the show at his personal request.<ref name="saen031128"/><ref name="fswt010123"/><ref name="DO"/>  In the episode, the band played a new original song called "Fill The Stein" and their version of "[[The Simpsons Theme]]" played over the [[closing credits]].<ref name="MachPumpMar04"/>
*Finch and other band members made cameo appearances in [[Talking Heads]] leader [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]]'s 1986 movie ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]'', set in  fictional Virgil, Texas.  Finch can be spotted in the fashion show sporting a brick-patterned suit and in the parade leading the all-accordion marching band. (In real life, Brave Combo was David Byrne's wedding band.)
*They appear in the 1986 [[Hank Wangford]] [[Channel 4]] television series ''The A to Z of C & W'' singing the [[Hank Williams]] song "Cold, Cold Heart".
*They contributed two songs to the ''[[Gumby (album)|Gumby]]'' album, released in 1989.
*Their song "Busy Office Rhumba" was used as the theme for the 1993 [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television series ''[[Bakersfield P.D.]]''<ref name="scs090827">{{cite news |first=Stacey |last=Vreeken |newspaper=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] |location=[[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz, CA]] |publisher=[[MediaNews Group]] |title=Brave Combo runs the gamut of musical styles |url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_13213094 |date=August 27, 2009 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001933/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_13213094 |archive-date=2014-07-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*They appear as a wedding band in the 1995 feature film ''Late Bloomers''.
*In 2000, they appeared on the national telecast of the ''MDA Labor Day Telethon'' with Jerry Lewis dancing along to the music.<ref name="mda2000"/>
*They wrote and performed the theme song for the 2005 series "[[ESPN]] [[Professional Bowlers Association|Bowling Night]]".
*The opening theme and other music for the 2008 [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] animated series ''[[Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns]]'' were produced by Carl Finch and composed, arranged, and performed by Finch and Brave Combo.<ref name="PBScredits"/><ref name="hc4"/>
*Their live music video, "The Denton Polka", appears on the ''Bohemia Rising DVD Compilation'' (released in 2009), a collection of documentary shorts directed by [[Christopher Largen]] exploring rebellion and resistance to corporate demolition in their hometown of Denton, Texas.
*Included in [[Bob Dylan]]'s 2009 Christmas release, ''[[Christmas In The Heart]]'', the song "Must Be Santa", is performed polka-style. Dylan's arrangement is almost identical to the Brave Combo arrangement from their 1991 CD ''It's Christmas, Man!''. In an interview published by [[Street News Service]], Dylan acknowledged the influence of Brave Combo: "This version comes from a band called Brave Combo. Somebody sent their record to us for our radio show. They’re a regional band out of Texas that takes regular songs and changes the way you think about them. You oughta hear their version of 'Hey Jude'."<ref name="sns091123"/>
*They were featured on [[Bowling for Soup]]'s album ''[[Sorry for Partyin']]'', playing a polka version of Bowling For Soup's song "Belgium". 
*The [[Futurama (season 7)|season seven]] episode "[[Fun on a Bun]]" of the animated science fiction comedy ''[[Futurama]]'' includes two original songs by the band plus a cover version of "[[The Chicken Dance]]". The episode debuted August 1, 2012, on [[Comedy Central]].<ref name="dmn120716"/><ref name="drb120730"/>
*The [[Cheers (season 10)|season ten]] episode "[[Bar Wars V: The Final Judgment]]" of the NBC sitcom comedy ''[[Cheers]]'' features Sam’s rival Gary pranking the bar on Halloween by rigging Cheers’ jukebox, telephone and even the bar’s soda gun to play the Combo song ‘Vampire Twist’ when being used.

==Discography==

===US studio and live albums===
{| class="wikitable"
!Date of release
!Title
!Label
!Catalog
!Type
!Notes 
|-
|1979
|''Polkamania''
|Four Dots
|FD1003 & FD1004
|Studio
|released as two 7" discs
|-
|1981
|''Music For Squares''
|Four Dots
|FD1005
|Studio
|
|-
|1982
|''Urban Grown-ups''
|Four Dots
|FD1006 
|Studio
|four song EP
|-
|1982
|''Originals''
|Four Dots 
|
|Studio
|released as cassette only
|-
|1984
|''World Dance Music''
|Four Dots 
|FD1010 
|Studio
| 
|-
|1984
|''No Sad Faces''
|Four Dots
|FD1012 
|Live
| 
|-
|1987
|''Musical Varieties''
|Rounder
|CD 11546
|Studio
|compilation from Four Dots releases plus two new tracks
|-
|1987
|''Polkatharsis''
|Rounder
|CD 9009
|Studio
|
|-
|1988
|''Humansville''
|Rounder
|CD 9019 
|Studio
|
|-
|1990
|''A Night On Earth''
|Rounder
|CD 9029
|Studio
|
|-
|1992
|''It's Christmas, Man!''
|Rounder
|CD 3099
|Studio
|contents similar to ''It's X-mas, Man!''
|-
|1993
|''No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha''
|Rounder
|CD 9035
|Studio
|content similar to Japanese release
|-
|1994
|''The Hokey Pokey: Organized Dancing ''
|DenTone
|DT 1001
|Studio
|seven-song EP
|-
|1995
|''[[Polkas for a Gloomy World]]''
|Rounder
|CD 9045
|Studio
|'''Grammy nominee'''
|-
|1996
|''Girl''
|Rounder 
|CD 9050
|Studio
|with [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] – his last recording
|-
|1996
|''Mood Swing Music''
|Rounder
|CD 11574
|Studio
|rarities and singles
|-
|1996
|''Kiss Of Fire''
|[[Watermelon Records|Watermelon]]
|WM 1058
|Studio
|with [[Lauren Agnelli]], content similar to ''Allumettes''
|-
|1997
|''Group Dance Epidemic''
|Rounder 
|R9055
|Studio
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild!]]''
|Easydisc
|EDIS 7052 
|Live
|'''Grammy nominee'''
|-
|1999
|''[[Polkasonic]]''
|Cleveland International
|CIR-1023-2
|Studio
|'''Grammy winner'''
|-
|2000
|''The Process''
|Rounder Records 
|ROUN9065
|Studio
|
|-
|2001
|''All Wound Up! – A Family Music Party''
|Rounder Records 
|ROUN8092
|Studio
|with [[Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer]], '''Grammy nominee'''
|-
|2001
|''Kick-Ass Polkas''
|Cleveland International
|B00005O7SE
|Live
|'''Grammy nominee'''
|-
|2003
|''Box of Ghosts''
|Rounder Records
|ROUN9064
|Studio
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album]]''
|Dentone Records
|
|Studio
|'''Grammy winner'''
|-
|2005
|''Holidays!''
|Dentone/Rounder
|
|Studio
|
|-
|2007
|''Polka's Revenge''
|Dentone Records
|
|Studio
|'''Grammy nominee'''
|-
|2008
|''The Exotic Rocking Life''
|Dentone Records
|
|Studio
|
|-
|2009
|''Symphonic Polkas''
|Dentone Records
|DT1006
|Live
|with the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra
|-
|2009
|''Christmas Present''
|Dentone Records
|DT1007
|Studio
|Christmas music
|-
|2010
|''Kikiriki''
|Dentone Records
|DT1008
|Studio
|
|-
|2012
|''Sounds Of The Hollow''
|Dentone Records
|DT1009
|Studio
|
|-
|2014
|''Live at Blob's Park''
|Dentone Records
|DT1012
|Live
|
|-
|2015
|''The Liminal Zone''
|Dentone Records
|DT1013
|Studio
|
|}

===International releases===
{| class="wikitable"
!Date of release
!Title
!Label
!Catalog
!Type
!Notes 
|-
|1981
|''Music For Squares''
|Stunn
|Stun507  
|Studio
|New Zealand, content identical to US release
|-
|1981
|''I Gotta Know/Neo Limbo''
|Stunn
|BFA 884   
|Studio
|New Zealand, 7" single
|-
|1986
|''People Are Strange''
|Rogue Records
|FMST 4007
|Studio
|U.K. compilation
|-
|1987
|''Polkatharsis''
|Demon Records
|REU 1018
|Studio
|U.K., content identical to US release
|-
|1989
|''Music Circus''
|P-Vine
|PCD-2513
|Studio
|Japan
|-
|1990
|''Very Early Recordings''
|Wave Records
|
|Studio
|Japan
|-
|1991
|''ÉÉjhanaika''
|P-Vine
|PCD-1800
|Studio
|Japan 
|-
|1991
|''It's X-mas, Man!''
|P-Vine
|PCD-2300 
|Studio
|Japan
|-
|1992
|''No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha''
|P-Vine
|PCD-2400
|Studio
|Japan
|-
|1993
|''Ondo Saves The World''
|Tele Disc
|TLCD-93001 
|Studio
|Japan, Kikusuimaru Meets Brave Combo 
|-
|1994
|''Allumettes''
|P-Vine
|PCD-1986
|Studio
|Japan, with [[Lauren Agnelli]]
|-
|1995
|''Polkas For A Gloomy World''
|P-Vine
|PCD-3614 
|Studio
|Japan, content identical to U.S. release
|}

==Members==
[[File:Brave Combo at the Cat's Cradle (4961829141).jpg|thumb|Brave Combo performing at [[Cat's Cradle (venue)|Cat's Cradle]] in [[Carrboro, North Carolina]]]]
*[[Carl Finch]] – guitar, keyboards, accordion (born November 29, 1951, [[Texarkana, Arkansas|Texarkana]], [[Arkansas]]) (1979–present)
*Lyle Atkinson – bass guitar, tuba (born October 23, 1953, [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]) (1979–1985, 2015–present)
*Danny O'Brien – trumpet (born July 12, 1966, [[Lakenheath]], England) (1993–present)
*Alan Emert – drums (born May 5, 1965) (1997–2008, 2010–present)
*Robert Hokamp – guitar, [[lap steel]], [[cornet]] (2015–present) *<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bravecombo.com/introducing-robert-hokamp/|title=Introducing Robert Hokamp &#124; Brave Combo|date=11 January 2016}}</ref>

===Former members===
*Jeffrey Barnes – saxophones, clarinet, flute, harmonica, penny whistles (born July 27, 1951, [[Fremont, Ohio|Fremont]], [[Ohio]]) (1983–2015)
*Ginny Mac – accordion (2011–2013)
*
*Tim Walsh – saxophone, flute, clarinet (born c.1952) (1979–1983)
*Dave Cameron – drums (born c.1958) (1979–1983)
*[[Bubba Hernandez|Cenobio "Bubba" Hernandez]] – bass guitar (born November 30, 1958, [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]) (1985–2007)
*Phil Hernandez – drums (born February 5, 1971, [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], New York) (1992 – ?)
*Mitch Marine – drums (born c.1956) (1983–1992)
*Joe Cripps – percussion (born January 5, 1965, [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]] - missing, last seen October 19, 2016, [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]) (1992–1999), some subsequent performances
*Greg Beck – drums (1996–1997)
*Paul Stivitts – drums (born 1971) NYC
*Ann Marie Harrop – bass guitar (2007–2009)
*Little Jack Melody – bass guitar (2009–2014)
*Arjuna Contreras – drums (born August 11, 1974, [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha]], [[Wisconsin]]) (2008–2010)
*Bill Tomlin – drums (born September 28, 1948)

==References==
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<ref name="drc2">{{cite news |first=Lucinda |last=Breeding |work=Denton Record-Chronicle |title=Click & Clack add oompah; Brave Combo provides musical nuts and bolts for animated TV series |date=July 7, 2008 |url=http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Brave_Combo_0706.2984932a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828133801/http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Brave_Combo_0706.2984932a.html |archive-date=2008-08-28 |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Grammy">[http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Brave+Combo&title=&year=All&genre=All "Brave Combo Awards"]. Grammy.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.</ref>

<ref name="saen031128">{{cite news |first=Jim Jr. |last=Beal |work=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |location=[[San Antonio, TX]] |title=Group gets a, uh, gig on 'Simpsons' |page=18H |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FF2E65AA42E51C4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=November 28, 2003 |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019174217/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FF2E65AA42E51C4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref>

<ref name="fswt010123">{{cite news |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |title=Music for nuclear (polka) families: Grammy-winning Brave Combo has a new CD |page=L1 |date=January 23, 2001 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF92B3EEF0430A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019174224/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF92B3EEF0430A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref>

<ref name="DO">{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Hepola |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |title=Brave New Combo D'oh! The Simpsons animate Dallas' favorite polka band |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2004-03-11/music/brave-new-combo/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121072839/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2004-03-11/music/brave-new-combo/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |date=March 11, 2004 |access-date=November 26, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="MachPumpMar04">{{cite web |url=http://www.brave.com/bo/scrapbook/pump/mar04.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20040615155732/http://www.brave.com/bo/scrapbook/pump/mar04.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2004 |title=The Machine's Pump Volume 7 – #3 – March 2004 |publisher=Brave Combo  |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="mda2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdausa.org/telethon/media/pdfs/helpfulinfo/Celebrity%20Appearances.pdf |title=MDA Labor Day Telethon list of celebrity appearances |publisher= Muscular Dystrophy Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813123730/http://www.mdausa.org/telethon/media/pdfs/helpfulinfo/Celebrity%20Appearances.pdf |archive-date=2006-08-13 |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="hc4">{{cite news|first=Roger |last=Catlin |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |title=Click And Clack Get Their Own Public Television Show |date=July 9, 2008 |url=http://www.courant.com/entertainment/tv/hc-clickclack.artjul09,0,3836013.story |access-date=July 24, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="PBScredits">[https://www.pbs.org/wrenchturns/about/credit "Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns – Show Credits]. pbs.org. Retrieved November 26, 2012.</ref>

<ref name="sns091123">{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Flanagan |publisher=Street News Service |title=Bob Dylan Discusses Holiday Music, Christmas and Feeding The Hungry |url=http://www.streetnewsservice.org/news/2009/november-2009/feed-210/bob-dylan-discusses-holiday-music,-christmas-and-feeding-the-hungry.aspx |date=November 23, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710055801/http://www.streetnewsservice.org/news/2009/november-2009/feed-210/bob-dylan-discusses-holiday-music,-christmas-and-feeding-the-hungry.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="dmn120716">{{cite news |first=Ann |last=Pinson |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |title=Brave Combo's nuclear polka to explode on the small screen in "Futurama" |url=http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/07/brave-combos-nuclear-polka-to-hit-the-small-screen-in-futurama.html/ |date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720020359/http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/07/brave-combos-nuclear-polka-to-hit-the-small-screen-in-futurama.html/ |archive-date=July 20, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="drb120730">{{cite news |first=B.J. |last=Lewis |work=[[Denton Record-Chronicle]] |title='Futurama' to feature Brave Combo music |url=http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120730-futurama-to-feature-brave-combo-music.ece |date=July 30, 2012 |access-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801222713/http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120730-futurama-to-feature-brave-combo-music.ece |archive-date=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="kdhx130705">{{cite news|first=Jason |last=Warren |publisher=[[KDHX-FM]] |title=Brave Combo takes the accordion rocking across the world and the patio at the Old Rock House |url=http://kdhx.org/music/reviews/concert-review-brave-combo-takes-the-accordion-rocking-across-the-world-and-the-patio-at-the-old-rock-house-wednesday-july-3 |date=July 5, 2013 |access-date=July 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821025436/http://kdhx.org/music/reviews/concert-review-brave-combo-takes-the-accordion-rocking-across-the-world-and-the-patio-at-the-old-rock-house-wednesday-july-3 |archive-date=August 21, 2013 }}</ref>

<ref name="dfw140618">{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Philpot |newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |title=Brave Combo: Still rockin' the polka after all these years |url=http://www.dfw.com/2014/06/18/901732/brave-combo-nuclear-polka-denton.html |date=June 18, 2014 |access-date=June 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723062601/http://www.dfw.com/2014/06/18/901732/brave-combo-nuclear-polka-denton.html |archive-date=July 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Brave Combo}}
*{{official website|https://bravecombo.com/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100129231854/http://www.bohemiarising.com/ ''Bohemia Rising: The Story of Fry Street'']
*{{IMDb name|0173621}}
*{{discogs artist}}
*[https://archive.org/details/BraveCombo Brave Combo collection] at the [[Internet Archive]]'s live music archive

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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1979]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
[[Category:American polka groups]]
[[Category:Worldbeat groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Denton, Texas]]
[[Category:Cha-cha-cha musicians]]