Santa Cruz, California-based outfit
the Expendables play reggae, ska, pop, punk, and surf-influenced rock tailor-made for sun-baked good times. Formed in 1997 and kin to other West Coast reggae-inspired jam bands such as
Dance Hall Crashers,
Reel Big Fish, and
Pepper, the quartet, which features the talents of
Geoff Weers on guitar and vocals,
Raul Bianchi on lead guitar,
Ryan Demars on bass, and
Adam Patterson on drums and vocals, self-released two albums in 2006, and then released
Gettin' Filthy via Pony Canyon. After signing to Stoopid Records (owned by their contemporaries and tourmates
Slightly Stoopid),
the Expendables came out with their eponymous fourth album in 2007. The year 2010 saw the release of
Prove It, their fifth studio long-player, and in 2012
the Expendables issued their first all-acoustic album,
Gone Soft, which featured pared-down acoustic versions of some of their best-known tracks. The band's sixth studio album,
Sand in the Sky, followed in 2015. ~ James Christopher Monger & Anthony Tognazzini