E. Coli

The self-described “bummer pop” outfit E. Coli was led by vocalist/guitarist John Napier, a LA native who shaped the music group in 1994 following a break-up of his earlier group Ethyl Meatplow and a following tenure in Nitzer Ebb. After defeating a drug issue, Napier (who also worked well composing music for cartoons created for the Nickelodeon wire network) recruited bassist Wayne Sanders and drummer Dennis Fleps to record To Drool, a brooding, melancholy collection released for the Triple X label in 1996.