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Members Mike (vocals) and Chad (drums) had been friends with each other since throughout high school when they decided to start a band. They found their guitarist Renee through an ad posted in a local paper saying that she was looking for members to start a band as well. Though Renee already had a singer, Mike still urged Chad to go and talk with her. As luck would have it Renee’s singer no longer wanted to perform, so Mike was in on vocals.

Their first bassist was a friend of Renee’s named Brendan, who had to be taught by Renee how to play his instrument. The line-up consisted of Mike on vocals, Chad on drums, Renee on guitar, and Brendan on bass. The line-up remained steady until Brendan left in 1992. He was replaced by Geoff Kresge, who left the band six months later. They quickly recruited Tim from Broken Heroes, and he began playing live gigs with the band after only one practice session. The band finally recorded their first album, Killer Blanks, which was released first in Germany on the Nasty Vinyl label in 1995, and in the U.S. a year later in 1996 on Radical Records. The U.S. version contained four tracks more than the German release.