The band sent the demos to various bands and magazines, eventually getting write-ups in various local magazines and in one very important recording magazine called Tape-Op, which was a favorite of the band because of the d.i.y., home recording, experiment-minded ethos the magazine celebrated. A demo eventually got into the hands of the band Grandaddy, whose drummer Aaron Burtch took time to write back and let the band know how much they had enjoyed the demo. Over the course of a few emails the band was encouraged to come to the Central Valley to play a show at a venue called The Mustang some time in 2002. A strong friendship was formed between the two bands, and Grandaddy eventually covered one of the songs from the demo entitled, "love you, grrrl", which later appeared on the "dios (malos)" album a few years later. The song was almost released as a b-side to a single on Grandaddy's Sumday album but is currently still unreleased. In 2009 the band signed to Buddyhead Records. Songs "You Got Me All Wrong", a dios (malos) cover of a song by friend Miguel Mendez, was used in an episode of The O.C. ("The Distance"). "Everyday" was also used in The O.C. ("The Game Plan"). Discography dios (Startime International, 2004) dios (malos) (Startime International, 2005) Cosmic Rays EP (Buddyhead, 2009) WEAREDIOS (Buddyhead, 2009) References External links Band home page Artist profile page Musical groups from California Musicians from Hawthorne, California