Crocodiles are an noise pop/indie pop band from San Diego, California, USA. The group was formed in 2008 by core members Brandon Welchez andCharles Rowell after the break-up of their former punk bands Some Girls and The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. Crocodiles' sound has typicallybeen likened to The Jesus and Mary Chain, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Spacemen 3.