Lo-Pan

Stoned rockers Lo-Pan hail from Columbus, OH, where bandmembers Jeff Martin (vocals), Brian Fristoe (guitar), Skot Thompson (bass), and J. Bartz (drums) bonded over brewskies, bubbling bong-water, as well as the cult actions flick Big Problems in Small China (therefore their name). From 2005, they stormed regional clubs and quickly began focusing on their eponymous debut recording, that was released the next 12 months, and duly paved the best way to a much-improved 2009 sophomore opus known as Sasquanaut. This, subsequently, attracted the interest of Detroit-based Little Stone Information, which remixed and reissued the LP in 2011, while awaiting Lo-Pan’s imminent third recording to arrive.