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I first met Zander Schloss when working on a now cult film called “Repo Man” by Alex Cox. Zander played “Kevin” and went on to pursue his true passion of music, writing some of the soundtracks of Alex’s other films. He is the bass player for one of L.A.’s founding punk bands “The Circle Jerks"

Zander has also written with the late Joe Strummer and Scott Weiland. I reunited with Z when he rented the studio apartment in 1999 over our garage. This old Spanish home has what is very uncommon in L.A. “A basement”

This is where we spent countless hours recording analog tracks on an eight track reel to reel. Zander’s command of musical instrumentation and the help of his many friends who contributed both instrumental and vocal tracks.

I moved to the mountains where my wife and I bought a 2 bedroom cabin on an acre of land. I was seeking some peace of mind having been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress. I had served as a Navy Corpsman
(medic) with a Marine platoon in Vietnam.

After the wildfires in the fall of 2003, I was never able to regain a sense of safety living somewhat remote in the forest and returned to urban L.A. I finally have completed what has been sitting on all those back burners these many years.. The Gousters.