The Sorentinos are an American rock music band based in Sonoma County, California, formed in 1985.

[15] Prior to forming The Chills, Danny Sorentino was a member of the Billy C. Farlow Band from 1979 to the end of 1980.

[18][19] Rolls Rock toured nationally in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and opened shows for many well-known acts.

[19] Danny Sorentino and Rob Ruiz met at the Mabuhay Gardens nightclub in San Francisco in 1985 when they were with separate bands, The Chills and The Bats, respectively, that shared the same bill one night.

[21] Shortly after Rob Ruiz joined The Chills in 1985,[19] the band recorded its first single, "Heart Of America" b/w "I Surrender".

In 1988 the band signed with Centerfield Management, and in 1989 they recorded their first studio album Danny Sorentino And The Sinners, at which point Chris Paulsen replaced Dean Johnson on drums.

Howard Vatcher (lead guitar) is from Eureka, California, and played with the rock bands Mister Science and Stereotactics prior to joining The Sorentinos.

He is a veteran of the San Francisco music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and has played with a wide variety of bands from punk to polka, and has played with the jazz band On The Air and the roots rock trio The GoldDiggers, and with many local and national jazz musicians, including Howard Alden.

[28] Steve has played on several of The Sorentinos albums, and has been in the current live line-up since Howard Vatcher left the band in 2014.

[30][31] He has been a part of the Sonoma County music scene for over 30 years, and has been involved in numerous bands and recording projects.

Russ is also a member of western Sonoma County-based band The THUGZ (tribal hippie underground zone).

[29] Rob Ruiz is also a member of the San Francisco Bay Area-based power trio The Beer Scouts.

[2][41] Their musical influences include The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the San Francisco Sound, The Kinks, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and many others.

Marin Independent Journal music critic Paul Liberatore wrote: "[The Sorentinos] should get some kind of an award for maintaining their energy and enthusiasm for as long as they have, churning out albums with first-rate original songs like clockwork, becoming one of the North Bay’s most respected, creative and enduring groups.

The following is a list of singles, previously unreleased tracks on compilations, and individual songs on various artist compilations (VAC): The Sorentinos have played thousands of gigs,[8] mostly in bars, cafes, pubs and nightclubs, but also in many larger venues, as well as music festivals and street fairs.

Photographs and videos of the band, including many photos taken with other renowned musicians, can be viewed on The Sorentinos website.