With a cartoony voice, a love of the Ramones, and inclusive spirit, Kepi (aka Kepi Ghoulie aka Jeff Alexander) injects his silly, funny, and friendly music with warm feelings and lots of hooks. Starting out as the leader of the pop-punk monster aficionados the Groovie Ghoulies, Kepi also explored country music with the Haints, set out on his own to make albums that were inspired by folk (American Gothic), aimed at kids (Kepi for Kids), and just plain fun rock & roll before digging back into the Ghoulies' archives to curate a series of reissues in the mid-2010s. Whatever the setting or sound, Kepi can be counted on for his positive outlook, fun songs and delightfully innocent approach to life and music. Kepi began his musical career by forming the Groovie Ghoulies in Sacramento, California in the late '80s. Comprising Kepi, his wife Roach, and a parade of drummers, the band's horror movie-meets-bubblegum sound evolved over the course of numerous singles and nine LPs, mostly released by Lookout Records; other labels took over when Lookout began crumbling in the early 2000s. Around that time, Kepi and the rest of the Ghoulies formed the Haints, a country-rock band that released two albums. The group disbanded in 2007, soon after Kepi and Roach's marriage dissolved.