Con 180Gs nel recente passato ha scandagliato - e maniacalmente ricreato fino all'ultimo dettaglio - i mondi sonori di Residents, Negativland, Cardiacs e Captain Beefheart. Con The Sursiks punta ora il dito alla luna - quella pinkfloydiana - con divertito genio e rinnovato garbo: Suave Side of the Moon. Così dice di sé David Minnick: "I am the artist behind the 180Gs, The Sursiks, Oven Mitt Johnson and Tritone. I was the guitarist and one of the primary songwriters for the Detroit ska band Gangster Fun from 1986-2000 (and a few reunion shows after 2000). I make my living as a church music director and teacher but I also create production music, write arrangements for other composers/bands and produce albums for other artists (including Judge Smith, Iggy and the Stooges, ICP, Marina Arsenijevic and George Clinton). The musical projects that I come up with on my own are large and conceptual and seemingly impossible. Nobody believes me when I tell them what I am working on. Due to the nature of these projects, it isn't possible for me to release a song a week as is the usual method these days. I am hoping that, with the help of some people who are excited by the projects I create, I can begin to say "no" to some of the projects that offer money but little artistic fulfillment. This would allow me to spend more time on the projects I dearly love: the gigantic, complicated, strange ones whose very existence is enigmatic."