The Pattern was an American punk garage rock band, based in Oakland, California, United States, from 2000 to 2004.
The Pattern formed in the summer of 2000, led by vocalist Christopher Appelgren (former lead singer of the PeeChees and owner of Lookout Records), guitarists Jason Rosenberg (formerly of Saint James Infirmary), Andy Asp (former singer and guitar player in Nuisance), bassist Carson Bell (formerly of The Cuts), and drummer Jim Anderson (formerly of Black Fork).
[2] In 2002, The Pattern's first album Real Feelness, recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, California, was released.
Original bassist Carson Bell and drummer Scott Batiste left the band in 2003.
The song "Selling Submarines" was included in Episode 14 "The Countdown" of the Fox television series The O.C..[4]