Idiosyncratic rap-metal outfit Hot Sauce Johnson shaped in Hollywood in 1997 when guitarist Rob Asuncion, bassist Jason DeCosta, and drummer Possum Hill located an advertisement seeking a vocalist; after weeks of fielding candidates, the trio finally chosen frontman Sunlight Sannes, and with the next improvements of trumpeter Ireesh Lal and DJ non-e, the group’s mentioned objective of fusing hip-hop, hard-rock, and rootsy twang — a audio they dubbed “jug hop” — started to jell. Upon putting your signature on to Outpost, Warm Sauce Johnson released their debut LP Pickup truck Quit Jug Hop in middle-1999.