Photograph by Jason Mageau
The members of Thousand Below count an album release party at Banzai Bar among their favorite San Diego memories.
Looking back on the virus, the ones of us who survive will of course, each have a story to tell, starting with the first signs, first erosions. San Diego’s Thousand Below found themselves, with bleak irony, in the same city mythically responsible for breaking rock and roll big.
“When the lockdown began,” recalls singer James DeBerg, “we were on tour in Cleveland, and I was absolutely blown away by the fact that things had gotten that serious. It took me by surprise. I was underestimating it when I first started hearing about it on the news.”