Facts: - website: official site - years active: 1970 present & ndash ; 1985 1999 & ndash ; - past members: greg danny woods tom carpender royse ader michael boyd ' curly ' keranen alex carlin ralph granich - caption: the rubinoos 2010 la spezia - origin: berkeley , california , united states - label: wild bros. records castle communications wounded bird records punk records air mail recordings beserkley records warner - genre: power pop - name: the rubinoos - image size: 200px - background: group_or_band - image: rubes-2010 . jpg - current members: jon rubin tommy dunbar donn spindt al chan - associated acts: vox jo & atilde ; o dilberto -rsb- pop the mighty echoes psycotic pineapple -lsb- http://www.dilberto.com Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the rubinoos .
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the rubinoos are an american power pop band that formed in 1970 in berkeley , california .they are perhaps best known for their singles '' i think we 're alone now '' -lrb- 1977 , a cover of the hit by tommy james & the shondells -rrb- , '' i wan na be your boyfriend '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- , and for the theme song to the 1984 film '' revenge of the nerds '' .although '' i think we 're alone now , '' reaching no. 45 in 1977 , has been their only charting hit , the group has a significant enduring cult following among fans of the power pop genre .more recently , the group became known to a wider audience after filing a plagiarism lawsuit in mid-2007 against canadian pop-punk musician avril lavigne claiming that her song '' girlfriend '' had too much in common with '' i wan na be your boyfriend '' .the parties confidentially settled out of court in early 2008 .the conflict led to a re-interest in the rubinoos ' music , particularly on youtube .