''First you're born, then you die. In between you can either watch 'Lucy' reruns or kick some butt playing great music. You choose. We did. We are headed to the top . . . 'the toppermost of the poppermost!''' Thus sayeth music director, Alex Oliver.

Chosen by the staff of Las Vegas Weekly's 2003 Music Issue, as one of ''Our picks for the best bands,'' Poppermost is an alternative pop/rock trio band based in Las Vegas, NV. The very name of the group propels their continued drive ''to the toppermost of the poppermost,'' just as it did when the Beatles coined the term for their own early inspiration. To Poppermost, music equals life and it means having the excitement of a rock 'n' roll party, the exhilaration of a spiritual revival, and the energy of a dance party; in the end everything always comes back to rock 'n' roll.

The Poppermost name originates from the early Beatles' inspirational call and response, ''. . . to the toppermost of the poppermost!''

Our influences include: Beatles, Stones, R.E.M., Buffalo Springfield, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Santana, U2, Aimee Mann, Maria McKee, Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac, and Led Zeppelin.