Southern California's punk-pop quartet Lefty consists of guitarists Dennis Hill and Larry Giovani, bassist Scott Somers, and drummer Kenny Livingston. Friends since grade school, Hill and Somers began playing music together in late 1997; Giovani joined them after hearing one of their early rehearsals, and they began playing gigs in early 1998. A year later they issued their self-released debut album, Sound Secretion Dub, and replaced their original drummer with Livingston. By spring 1999 the word of mouth about their album and energetic live shows caught the attention of Interscope Records, who signed Lefty that fall and released their second album 4-3-2-1 in mid-2000. ~ Heather Phares