Since 1996's 100 Essential Love Songs, Ramona The Pest has been independently releasing albums of their Pixies-influenced rock. A popular live band in the San Francisco area, Ramona The Pest is made up of songwriter/vocalist Valerie Esway, guitarist Lucio Menegon, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Pat Spurgeon. They released their third full length album, "Birds, Bugs, Bones", in the fall of 2001 and continued to support themselves through touring the rock circuit. ~ Bradley Torreano, Rovi