The Offbeats is an American musical band based in the Texas city of San Antonio with a garage rock[1][2] sound.

[5] They played various clubs in San Antonio, with musicians entering and leaving during these early years, and finally settling on a five-piece band.

[5] What helped, according to then-lead guitarist Eric Romasanta, was rehearsing in their own space, which gave the group an "unlimited amount of time to spend on the album" including scrapping and reworking arrangements as necessary.

-- Jeremy Martin, 2008[5]After releasing The Standards, the group suffered a major personnel problem when their drummer, Mike Griffin, departed without warning.

"[1] Lopetegui agreed, and elaborated: The lyrics are smart and show the Offbeats as vulnerable boys in a world falling apart, guys who, despite it all, have the balls to take life seriously and give it all they’ve got.