THE FLYS

The Flys were a product of off-the-map surf culture turned Hollywood rock royalty, their music pitched between Sugar Ray's pop-hop fromage and the radio-ready mosh-a-longs of The Offsping. At the heart of the group were frontman Adam Paskowitz and his rapping sibling Josh. (Adam and Josh are two of the nine children in one of surfing's most deservedly legendary families, portrayed depicted in Doug Pray's riveting documentary Surfwise.) The Flys' Delicious Vinyl debut LP, Holiday Man, is a post-grunge rap-rock free-for-all, its most endearing track, "The Family", rides a strolling Sly Stone type groove. A video for "Got You (Where I Want You)" starring Katie Holmes sent that single stratospheric and secured The Flys an opening slot on the Rolling Stones' 1998 No Security tour. The most intriguing artifact from the band's career is "Te Tengo Como Querio", their Spanish language version of "Got You" ? worth hearing, hombres.