“California Brain” is a 2011 rock/hip hop song about Los Angeles by the rock band RapScallions from Hollywood, California. A song with lyrics critical of television’s American Idol , “California Brain” challenges performers dreaming of making it in the music business to stay true to their own dreams — to not sell out to a cookie-cutter path to recognition and stardom in Hollywood. This is the place The city of dreamers where angels are made Devils are born, money is stored And souls are picked up like street corner whores Cali is the place where you have to perform They will try to brainwash, they will try to conform Just stand your ground and go against the norm ‘Cause Cali is the place that will let you soar RapScallions’ aggressively-catchy sound fits into the rock sub-genre long dominated by fellow L.A. band, Red Hot Chili Peppers , but RapScallions definitely have a groove that is uniquely their own. Typical of California’s multicultural mix, RapScallions members each came from somewhere else to form their band in Hollywood.