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Yesod Williams - Drums / Kaleo Wassman - Guitar & Vocals / Bret Bollinger - Bass & Vocals

NEW ALBUM “KONA TOWN” IN STORES APRIL 2002
Enter Kona, Hawaii. Think lush natural landscape, divine inspiration and kids with nothing to do except find the next rage and invent slicker ways to pick up girls. “Its all about the ladies,” that’s what Pepper said in eighth grade at the bus stop imitating rappers of the day to try out their game. Bret (Bass/Vocals) and Kaleo’s (Guitar/Vocals) musical inspiration began there. And the rest is history.

Rocketed further into their musical dimension by their love of classic Hawaiian icons Gabby Pahinui, Iz and Poncho Man, Bret and Kaleo started strumming, and elevated out of rap to a rock-dance-hall style, playing parties and meeting recognition in their small town. Frustrated by their beats, Pepper was “going through drummers like a bottomless pit,” remembers Kaleo. The myth around town included a legendary kick-ass- M...