:::::: kismet in the San Francisco music classifieds. lesley and mauri
meet. love at first chord progression. presto! an indie rock band is
born. 6 months later, we open for third eye blind at the fillmore.
:::::: three drummers, several boyfriends and 1000 cocktails later, we
get a rad new drummer, cha levias, for keeps.
:::::: things are looking up. we're invited to lots of music festivals and
radio shows on the west coast. a little dazed by the biz but happy.
lesley gets an audition for the bass spot in hole. mauri sings
backing vocals on 3eb's 'blue'. dreamworks didn't sign us. we
record break up at the rock show.
:::::: we land an sfx stadium tour opening for the likes of 3eb and duran
duran. what the hell. we tour the east coast. enter the manager
from l.a., she means business. we spend the fall showcasing in
hollywood. whirlwind trips up and down I-5 take us away from
work, school and friends. we get commercial radio play and listen,
amazed, as the sound of our band pipes out of the portable stereo
in our rehearsal space one night.
:::::: we play the warped tour. mtv picks up 'dreamstalker' for
undressed/sausage factory. mauri makes the pages of guitar
player magazine. lesley's hair is blue. we get tapped for a pbs
documentary by indie filmmaker kuang lee. summer is a recording
studio with no available daylight. in the fall we loan mauri out to
preston school of industry for their 6 week tour. as winter sets in,
we slave towards a full-length album for spring release. a
little surprised we've made it this far. fuck it. who wants some?
