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Genre: Alternative/Indie, Reggae

Style: Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Third Wave Ska Revival, Ska, Dub, Contemporary Reggae, Reggae Rock, Punk-Pop

Decades Active: 00's, 10's, 20's, 90's

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Spicing Up the Sounds of Reggae Rock

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Roster: Reggae

Roster: Alternative/Indie

Members:
Bret Bollinger, Kaleo Wassman, Yesod Williams

Based in California
Based in San Diego

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Pepper is a three-piece reggae rock band that formed in 1996. The group was influenced by the Hawaiian artist Three Plus and popular mainland groups, like Sublime.

In 1999, after gathering a small local following on the Big Island, Pepper gained the interest of an independent, L.A.-based record company, Volcom Entertainment. Volcom produced and distributed the band’s debut release, Give’n It, which combined dancehall, reggae, hip-hop, and pop genres, and the band made it on the 2001 Vans Warped Tour.

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After years of extensive touring, they took to the studio to record their second album, entitled Kona Town, released in March 2002. The track “Give It Up” was released as a single. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.

Pepper continued to tour throughout 2003 and into 2004, including dates with 311 and Snoop Dogg, along with appearances at the annual Bob Marley Birthday celebration, San Diego’s Festival “Street Scene”, and a U.S. tour with Slightly Stoopid.

In March 2004, Pepper released In With The Old, which got to #34 on the Billboard Heat Seekers and #18 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. The album was recorded at 311‘s completely analog Hive Studios and showcases a broader range of influences shared by the trio. Beginning on July 20, 2006, Pepper supported 311 along with The Wailers on their U.S. tour.

 On October 3, 2006, the band released their fourth album (and minor label debut) entitled No Shame. It features production from Nick Hexum of 311, Tony Kanal of No Doubt, and Sublime producer/Butthole Surfers member Paul Leary. A music video was shot for the single “No Control”, which became their first commercial single. The album made it to #96 on the Billboard 200 chart.

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On October 12, 2010, they released their new EP album, titled Stitches. A single, “Wake Up”, from the album was released on June 28, 2010, along with “Mirror”. The band toured with 311 to promote the album. The EP peaked at #40 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.

Pepper was one of the headliners for the 2011 Vans Warped Tour. During the summer and fall of 2012, they toured with Sublime with Rome and Cypress Hill. Following a co-headlining tour with the Dirty Heads in the summer of 2014 and another amphitheater summer run with Rebelution and Sublime with Rome in 2015.

On April 29, 2016, Pepper released their seventh studio album, Ohana. The album peaked at #8 the Billboard Independent Albums chart and made it to #130 on the Billboard 200.

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On September 20, 2020, Pepper was one of several reggae and punk bands on The House That Bradley Built, a charity compilation honoring Sublime‘s lead singer Bradley Nowell, helping musicians with substance abuse. They covered Sublime‘s songs, “Date Rape”, and “Work That We Do”, as well as Brett Bollinger covering “Mary”.

On June 2, 2023, they released a single, “Get Me Ready”, which, as stated on the band’s social media pages, was just a demo first written by Kaleo in 2017 at Tim Armstrong’s studio in Silver Lake. The song was finished (co-written) by Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Kevin Bivona from The Interrupters and then recorded five years later with a Two-Tone, ska vibe.

Pepper has performed more than 1500 concerts throughout the course of their career. They have toured with numerous artists, including Slightly Stoopid, Fortunate Youth, Less Than Jake, The Expendables and Iration.

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