What moved to CA as Primitive Son, became Spicoli with the departure of Joel 'Dez' Crandall on bass and the arrival of Bill, then Sam, then Neil Guiterrez before becoming a solid band. 

 

The band's love for the movie, "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" along with the realization that the book the movie was based on, had direct connections to a high-school in San Diego made the group choose the not-as-well-known-as-they-thought name. However, a couple of bands have come out since with that name, but to the best of knowledge, this Spicoli was the first.

 

After a complete set of drums was stolen, the band found itself without a solid persussion section. High-school friend of bassplayer Guiterrez and southern California local Aaron Gotchmanski was a drummer without a band, and graciously 'loaned' Spicoli his kit. After a few shows and some impromptu jam sessions with the band (since his kit was set up anyway) found a good chemistry and the band moved forward with Gotchmanski as the new drummer.

 

A quality six-song demo was recorded with Gar Woods (Tanner). This demo saw a pretty limited release, so if you got one, you are special. But the tunes live on below...

 

Also,a few pictures. This was just before the advent of digital cameras being a common thing and cell phones were still pretty much only for rich people in a car. So there aren't a lot of pictures... but there is some video.