Formed in 1980, The Finders were essentially an evolved version of The Rockers, with the addition of a new bass player. The lineup was Phil Schraub on guitar and vocals, John Rock on lead vocals, John SanFilippo on bass and vocals, and Bryan Allinsmith on drums. The Finders worked the San Francisco Bay Area club circuit from 1980 to late 1983. They became a popular draw in San Francisco's North Beach, notorious for it's trend setting music and dance scene for decades. Broadway was jammed with a string of clubs and topless bars. In a one block stretch alone, you could club hop from The Chi Chi Club, run by former "exotic dancer" Miss Keiko, to The Stone, then jump across the street to The Mabuhay Gardens, better known as "The Fab Mab" by the punks and rockers who jammed the club like sardines whenever The Finders performed. In 1981 the band returned to Mobius Music Recording Studios in San Francisco, the site of their previously recorded "The Rockers" EP. This session yielded the single "Which Way" and "It's So Insane". The single was released on the independent label, Sky-Fi, and received good reviews, but little major label interest. Six months later, their third trek to Mobius Studios produced two novelty crowd pleasers, The Three Stooges tribute, "Calling Dr. Howard", and "Bad Food", a parody on American fast food chains. The picture sleeve for the single featured John Rock bent over a toilet vomiting, with a picture of The Three Stooges in the background. This c

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