For more than 40 years, go-go bands in and around the District of Columbia have entertained audiences with catchy covers of musical classics and contemporary hits, , all set to go-go’s irresistible percussive beat.  

In late 2022, Malachai Johns, founder of Go - Go Record label  7070 Sound , well known as a former guitarist for legendary Go - Go band  Northeast Groovers and the mastermind behind the groundbreaking Go - Go band Mambo Sauce, began releasing a series of “Crank Caviar” singles and videos. The Crank Caviar releases feature ad hoc collections of go-go artists from various bands performing covers of well-known songs such as Foo Fighters’ “My Hero” and Usher’s “U Remind Me,” all produced by Johns.

  In the tradition of rotating bands like Snarky Puppy,Scary Pockets, etc, most of the musicians involved with Crank Caviar perform with other artists like Wale, Snoop Dogg, New Kids on the Block, Gerald Albright, Raphael Saadiq & Tony Toni, Toné, The Boneshakers as well as premiere go - go bands like Rare Essence, Backyard, Northeast Groovers, Black Alley, Sirius Company, DCVybe and more.

Johns describes Crank Caviar as “a rotating cast of the best musicians in the DMV, assembled to perform go-go versions of your favorite songs."  Similar to outfits like Postmodern Jukebox and Scary Pockets, the Crank Caviar musicians create genre-based arrangements of popular songs recorded with state-of-the-art sound quality and engaging videos.  The term "Crank" is  used frequently within the go - go culture to describe the moment when a band(Typically the percussion section) is playing so tightly and  aggressively that your face screws up like you're trying to touch the tip of your nose to your chin (e.g. -. that band Cranks, or , '  " _____ band was crankin' last night.").   Crank Caviar is simply the finest Crank that can be consumed. all set to go-go’s irresistible percussive beat.