They covered a lot of surf rock songs such as "Wipeout" and Dick Dale's "Miserloo" for friends birthdays and family gatherings.
Then in 2000, the band added Ryan DeMars on bass and the quartet completed their "laid-back" surf sound born on their hometown beaches of Santa Cruz, California.
[2] Their music is a diverse mix of styles,[3] including reggae, ska, surf rock, punk, and metal.
[8] On September 28, 2004, the band released their third album titled, Gettin' Filthy which featured their first two hit singles, "Keef Bowl For Two" and "Sacrifice"[9] "Sacrifice" was also available as a playable song in the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour (also as Guitar Hero 4).
In the studio they added keys, percussion and trumpet, along with Miles Doughty of Slightly Stoopid on vocals for some songs.
With the addition of keyboards, trumpet, saxophone, percussion, vibraphone, rainstick, and extra dub effects, as well as vocals and harmonica by G. Love.
The album was mixed and produced by Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta and Paul Leary (Sublime) at Big Fish Recordings in Encinitas, California.
The album shows the band moving in different musical directions by collaborating with popular reggae artists like Eric Rachmany of Rebelution and Micah Pueschel of Iration.
The video was dedicated to "all the fans, bands, and crew members, and everyone in the industry affected by the 2020 COVID shutdown who work tirelessly to make live music possible.
"[18] In February 2023, singer Geoff Weers recorded and digitally released two solo singles; "Let's Make Music" and "Yearn to Burn" featuring Kash'd Out.
On May 3, 2023, The Expendables announced on their social media pages, that their new album, called Pleasure Point is coming out June 23.
[20] They have toured with such acts as 311, Pepper, Slightly Stoopid, Kottonmouth Kings, Less Than Jake, G. Love & Special Sauce, and Reel Big Fish.
They developed their own marijuana strain, "ExpendaBerry", which is as their song "Bowl For Two" describes it with "frosty purple nugs".
The product line includes CBD sublingual tinctures with all the flower farming grown organically and without the use of pesticides.