Plateaus

Plateaus is a punk-flavored power pop quartet formed in San Diego in the late 2000s. The band came together from a loosely connected scene of area musicians who were all playing in other outfits -- drummer and sound engineer Jon Greene, singer/guitarist Kevin Gist, guitarist Elliot Moeller, and bassist Chris Rosi. The group quickly developed a sound informed by the grittier side of power pop, mainly bands like Redd Kross, Guided by Voices, and early additions to the Flying Nun Records roster. They chose their band name as an abstraction of the movie title Platoon, decided on w...