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More about Lick My Lollipop

Our first CD, Lick My Lollipop was recorded in 2001.  We  It contains
  1. Leave Me Alone
  2. El Scorcho
  3. Hold On
  4. Dammit
  5. Hash Pipe
  6. Epiphany
  7. Sweater Song
  8. That's All
  9. Closing Time
not to mention a few hidden tracks at the end ;-)  Look below for more details about the individual songs.

This collection well represents our band in 2001, emphasizing high energy rock and punk songs.  With Nick Jennings on drums, and the youthful voices of Zak and Mason (they were 12 and 9 when we began recording), these cuts capture a unique time and sound for us. 


More about neXus mp3
Here's a song about the magic of meeting those special people we're lucky to encounter. Mason's drumming, with Zak on bass, and Hal playing guitar and singing.  Here are the lyrics.  We recorded this in November 2003.

More about My Future As Your Past mp3

My Future As Your Past is K's more recent recording, released in September 2003.  Zak played bass, with Mason on the drums.  Hal sang and played guitar. Each wrote the parts they performed.  The lyrics are autobiographical, especially poignant for parents, exploring the bittersweet goodbyes of life.

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Mason wrote Opposite in 2002.  He played guitar and sang, with Hal on bass, and Zak on lead guitar.  This song was written by, and features, an 11 year old!  We bet you won't believe that after listening to it, but it's true.

More about Leave Me Alone

mp3 (santized) mp3 (uncensored) This is a punk rock song, inspired by the joy of waking up early for school.  Hal's still laughing about this one--after all those years of my kids waking me up at the crack of dawn, now they're complaining!  If you don't like raw, expressive language there's a version "sanitized for the radio, proper, and fainted hearted folk."  We prefer the uncensored rendition.

Zak wrote and sang this one, and played lead guitar, with Mason on rhythm guitar, Hal on bass, and  Nick Jennings on drums.

More about El Scorcho mp3

El Scorcho was written by Rivers Cuomo and originally recorded by his band, Weezer
We play it a bit faster than they, and the youthful vocals were especially entertaining to UCSB students familiar with Weezer's recording.  Zak and Mason sing and play guitar, with Hal on bass and  Nick Jennings on drums.

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Green Day wrote and first recorded this upbeat, "hang in there" song.  It's a good one to listen to when things seem dark and hopeless.  Zak plays bass, Mason's plays lead guitar, Hal sings and plays rhythm guitar, and Nick Jennings pounds the drums.

More about Dammit mp3

Written by Tom DeLonge & Mark Hoppus, this song made  Blink182 famous.  For our version, Zak sang and played lead guitar, with Mason on rhythm guitar, Hal on bass, and   Nick Jennings on drums.  The refrain is perfect for K: "I guess this is growing up."

More about Hash Pipe mp3

Can you believe we played this one in schools, and at a fundraiser for the local sheriff's campaign?  Fortunately for us, those inclined toward censorship usually ignored the lyrics, captivated and blinded by the grinding, heavy groove.  MTV called this one H-Pipe to escape the moral majority's wrath when the authors, Rivers Cuomo and Weezer made it famous.  This was a favorite 'round UCSB.  Zak and Mason sang and played guitar, with Hal on bass and  Nick Jennings on drums.

More about Epiphanymp3

Although we really liked the original version of this song, written and recorded by Staind, our rendition evolved to be quite different, adding percussion and environmental sounds that matched the music, and altering the chord structure a bit.  Hal sang and played guitar, Zak did bass, Mason played keyboard,  and Nick Jennings handled drums.

More about Sweater Song mp3

This party song's a favorite in our home town of Isla Vista, a college community known for it's unsurpassed social life.  It was written and originally recorded by Weezer.  For our version, Zak and Mason sang and played guitar, with Hal on bass and  Nick Jennings on drums.  Party on!

More about That's All mp3
In a long term relationship?  If so, you can probably relate to the ambivalence so clearly articulated by this song written by Phil Collins.  In our version, Zak plays bass, Mason's plays lead guitar, Hal sings and plays rhythm guitar, and Nick Jennings beats the drums.

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This song, written by Dan Wilson and originally recorded bySemisonic, is a portrait of nights end, as the bars close down. Zak played bass, with Mason on piano and Nick Jennings on  drums.  Hal sang and played guitar. This was our first recordings and is less polished than those that followed, but still worth a listen.

More about The Star Spangled Banner mp3
Hal's arrangement and solo-guitar rendition of Francis Scott Key's song was inspired by the  9/11 terrorist attack.