- Silversun Pickups -- singer-guitarist Brian Aubert, bass player Nikki Monninger, keyboardist Joe Lester and drummer Christopher Guanlao -- formed in Los Angeles in 2005.
- The band derived its name from Silversun Liquor, a store in L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood that Aubert and Monninger patronized regularly.
- The song 'Lazy Eye,' from the group's full-length debut, 'Carnavas,' was featured on an episode of 'The O.C.'
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