The Pop-O-Pies are a punk band from San Francisco founded by Joe Pop-O-Pie that got their start by repeatedly playing a cover of The Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

's "Truckin'

The White EP

The White EP is the recording debut of San Francisco punk group Pop-O-Pies. The six-song EP includes their cover of the Grateful Dead classic Truckin', which in late 1981, was consistently the most requested song on the San Francisco college radio station KUSF for several months in a row. In 1982,...

 ". Though the band went through many line up changes, notably featuring members of Faith No More

Faith No More

Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...

 and Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle was an experimental band from Northern California. The band was formed in 1985 while the members were still in high school and was named after a children's educational film. Mr. Bungle released four demo tapes in the mid to late 1980s before being signed to Warner Bros. Records and...

, and inspirational bass guitarist/song writer Mike King, several albums would follow.

• The White EP
  The White EP
  The White EP is the recording debut of San Francisco punk group Pop-O-Pies. The six-song EP includes their cover of the Grateful Dead classic Truckin', which in late 1981, was consistently the most requested song on the San Francisco college radio station KUSF for several months in a row. In 1982,...
  
  
• Joe's Second Album
• Joe's Third Album
• The In Frisco Single

All of these albums, except for the first, can be found on the CD compilation, Pop-o-Anthology 1984-1993.

The Pop-o-pies have the dubious distinction of being called "absolutely the worst band in California" by the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....

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