San Diego Reader

David Montalbano: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Deric Fernandez: Bass guitar, Vocals | Greg Patus: Drums, Percussion | Greg Jones: Guitar (electric)

Genre: Rock

RIYL: Calla, Radiohead, the Wedding Present, Cake, Nirvana, Lou Reed

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Discography

Related Links:

• http://www.myspace.com/subsurfer

• Musician Interviews: "We Are Stars" · Jan. 4, 2012

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Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2010

Influences: Nirvana, the Front, We Were Promised Jetpacks, the Nervous Wreckords, the Wedding Present, Autolux, Pavement, Radiohead

Background:

“We call our music ‘grit pop,’” says Subsurfer bassist/singer Deric Fernandez. “Really gritty with a pop sensibility.”

After making their live debut in January 2011 at 710 Beach Club in PB, they released their debut We Are Stars in October, recorded with Brian Karscig (Nervous Wreckords, Louis XIV) at White Horse Recording Studio. Karscig also sang backup on the track “Girl Problem.”

“The album is about girls and stars, Hollywood and outer space, along with all the dark and sexy craziness of being in the Hollywood scene,” says Fernandez. The band includes singer/guitarist/keyboardist Dave Montalbano (“I was an actor in San Diego and L.A. for years”), guitarist Greg “Bones” Jones (“I used to babysit Jim Belushi’s dog”), and Greg Patus (drums, percussion).

Jones recalls one of his non-music day jobs: “I got fired from the PB Bar and Grill. At sunset, the manager wanted me to take down all the table umbrellas, so I did, even the ones where people were still eating. While I was cranking the umbrellas shut, bugs and stuff were falling into people’s food and drinks.”