The Yanks were from San Francisco. Jack Johnson and Owen Masterson who had teamed up in local band Das Blok. There was a tectonic shift in local music. In their recordings with Das Blok you can hear the early work they produced before becoming YANKS. Backed by the clock-rock-steady drumming of the incredible (and handsome) Sandy-Jack and the roaring low end of Lars Mitchell on bass, DÄS BLOK tore a hole in San Francisco's music scene, crossing pop/punk/rock lines and cranking out such hits as "I Don't See Her Anymore" and "In A Rain.