[2] The band consists of singer-songwriter Joel Morales, keyboard players James Cabeza de Vaca and Edwin Kampwirth, bassist John Paul Caballero, and drummer Patrick Butterworth.
[4] First formed sometime in the late 1990s with original members and brothers Joel and Kevin Morales,[1] the group has gone through a few lineup and name changes over the past few years.
They practiced out of their father's home in Inglewood, California and eventually brought into the group Joel's lifelong schoolmate James Cabeza de Vaca and Kevin's classmate from El Camino College, John Paul Caballero.
[5] After a few shows the band changed its name to dios, the Spanish word for god, and continued recording numerous demos with Joel and Kevin's growing backlog of songs.
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.