About Me
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We started playing together in 1994. It was kind of a fluke. Brian borrowed a guitar strap from Matt for a gig he had and when he returned, Matt had some guys over jamming. It sounded pretty good so Brian grabbed his guitar out of the car and joined in. That day some of DS's first songs were written including the songs disco stranger and hot tub.
After those first few sessions in John Sees' and Matt's house, we knew we were on to something. We started writing a lot of material and realized we needed a singer. We brought Dan in and lyrics started getting penciled in. Our first show came fast and some of the songs weren't set in stone for awhile.
We recorded our first demo tape in the summer of 1994 and made a bunch of copies to hand out to our friends. At that point the band included Brian Green on guitar, Matt Mueller on bass, Dan Lingle on vocals, Sean Chaffins on alto sax, John Sees on tenor sax and Drew Eastman on drums.
Over the next few years we gained a couple of horn players (Greg Humphries and Shaunte Palmer) and switched up drummers a few times; playing with Kenny Laibinis and Anson Musselman.
The final and current lineup was established in 1998 with the addition of Charlie Davis on drums and Jeff Grimshaw on percussion and electronics, and the downsizing of the horn section to just Sean Chaffins.
In 1997 we released Stranger Said Than Done, our first full - length album. We produced it ourselves and recorded it at Mambo records in Long Beach. It was engineered and mixed by Anthony Arvizu of Forty Ounces to Freedom fame. We toured the Southwest and played locally all over Southern California to support the record, and found local success. Although there was a lot of interest from record companies, no major label deal was ever struck.
We produced and released our second record, Six Pack on Special in the summer of 2000 and hit the road and local scene again. Again we found our shows packed, people singing the lyrics louder than the PA and merchandise selling out, but again no record deal.
From 2002 to present we have been playing the local scene and working on another record, tentatively titled Airplane Hill. This is our best work to date and some tracks from the studio are available on our myspace page. The members of the band have been playing with other groups along the way including Jesus Wore Dickies, Jack Manness, Sonny Boy, Nothing Lost, The Combovers, Sidecar, Meija, The Turtlenecks, The Funky Monks, Youth in Asia and Bruce Beacom.
We have shared bills over the years with Sublime, System of a Down, All Day, Long Beach Dub All Stars, The Specials, The Skeletones, Banyan, Zapp with Roger, The Mexicans, The Ziggens, Bargain Music, Jesus Wore Dickies, Slightly Stoopid and more.
Our live show now is the best it has ever been and our songwriting has developed into prime form. We fuse many genres of music, sometimes within the same song.
We've been compared to 311, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sublime. So if you like any of those bands, come see a show.
Live music. Local music. Rock and roll.
Disco Stranger/
