Pepper

Formed by guitarist Kaleo Wassman, bassist Bret Bollinger and drummer Yesod Williams in 1996, Pepper are a reggae-dedicated beach-party band that has shared stages with everybody from Burning Spear to 311 and even Snoop Dogg. The band's first record, Give'n It, appeared in 1999 and led to a spot on the Van's Warped Tour. Eventually, Wassman and Co. relocated from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, to Los Angeles. Since then, Pepper have toured almost perpetually while regularly dropping records through a variety of independent and major-label sources.