current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title landscape background genre origin name
richie aric bohn -lrb- guitar , vocals -rrb- jessica reynoza -lrb- james bass , vocals -rrb- loren -lrb- ted -rrb- humphrey -lrb- follin drums -rrb- alex nowicki -lrb- drums -rrb- -lrb- lead vocals , guitar -rrb- scarling. gondry , valerie pirson , will robertson , owen levelle , , shoko komori , ivan abel , christi bertelsen , paul yota bertrang , paul barman , steve aoki kostabi , stuart sikes , michel 2002 -- present wanker , dionysus records , sympathy for the record industry , records acid bird records , legrand bag records , dim mak , records posh boy records , artmonkey records the willowz
 yes group_or_band garage rock anaheim , california the willowz
the willowz

the willowz are a garage rock band based in anaheim , california , formed 2002 .
the band 's sound incorporates influences from punk , soul , and blues from the 1960s , 1970s , and 1980s .
the band has released several albums on the label sympathy for the record industry and has done a split single with the band scarling .
their two latest albums `` chautauqua '' and `` everyone '' produced by paul kostabi and stuart sikes were released on dim mak records .
the willowz received national exposure -lrb- in the united states -rrb- as a finalist in december 2005 yahoo.com 's who 's next .
they lost to barlowgirl .
the band collaborated with director michel gondry on their music video '' `` i wonder '' '' and in turn produced two songs on the movie soundtrack for gondry 's film `` eternal sunshine of the spotless mind '' .
two of their songs , `` making certain '' and `` ulcer soul '' were used in the 2006 film the science of sleep .
in 2007 michel gondry 's son paul directed the music video for '' `` take a look around '' '' collaborating with artists valerie pirson , will robertson , owen levelle , shoko komori , ivan abel , christi bertelsen , yota bertrang and paul barman .
the song called `` cons & tricks '' also appeared on the mtv show `` jersey shore '' , episode 7 -lrb- ron and sam -rrb- .
the song called `` repetition '' appeared in a mountain dew commercial in 2014 .
