Born just before the 2008 Bonnaroo music festival, the Sons of Hippies' name emerged at that event amid 70,000-plus camper/attendees sharing the experience, when Brazilian-native Jonas Canales and Florida-bred Katherine Kelly probed familial bonds to discover that they were, indeed, children of hippies. Just the two, their dreamily melodic but complexly synthesized songs required help to record. Enter Pro-Pain guitarist Tom Klimchuck who not only produced, but also played bass on the band's March debut, Warriors of the Light. Shortly thereafter, Sons of Hippies met Detroit-native and bassist Ryan O'Neill, whose punk and blues background helped complete and solidify the unique sound that continues to draw press coverage:
?Live, they're like an amalgam of everyone from Radiohead to Metric to Ours to Broken Social Scene to Veruca Salt to Guided By Voices to the Psychedelic Furs to, yes, just a little of the White Stripes. It's spacey but it rocks.? (Jay Cridlin, Tampa Bay Times) Inactive as of 7/18/16