It’s from the song, “White Walls,” with words and vocals by John Garcia, former lead singer of the legendary desert band Kyuss. But all of the music by Waxy is vital, distinctive, original desert rock. Waxy is a second-generation desert rock band. Like the bands that came out of the generator scene in the 1980s and ’90s, they don’t promote themselves in the mainstream media.

They leave numerous clues to their existence with stickers pasted on poles around the valley, but they have an underground sensibility that demands their music speak for itself. Drummer Landerra, who doesn’t use a first name professionally, is the oldest of the trio at 35. He recalls feeling the spirit of the desert underground rock scene when Mario Lalli Jr. was starting it as a teenager. “I remember being a little kid at a swap meet,” he said.

“I remember looking over at these guys - Mario and (guitarist) Gary Arce were there - and I remember saying, ‘I want to be like them.’” Singer-guitarist Robert Owen, 28, started the band with Charles Pasarell, 27, in 2003. They both have stronger tennis than alternative rock pedigrees. Owen, who doesn’t use his last name, Waldman, played tennis at USC while pursuing a BS in music business and engineering. He likes to say he traded his tennis strings for guitar strings.

Pasarell, the son of tennis great Charlie Pasarell, a partner in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, grew up with Owen in Rancho Mirage. He went to Washington University in St. Louis and played a year of tennis and a lot of guitar in rock bands. Owen began pursuing his career dreams after college when he saw an ad in The Desert Sun for the old A&R Recording studio in Rancho Mirage, noted as the place where Ozzie Osbourne did some recording while going through the Betty Ford Center.