The band was founded in 2002 by bassist?and keyboardist Jeremy Dawson?and vocalist?and guitarist Chad Petree.?Both had known each other for years growing up in Shawnee,

Oklahoma and worked together on previous music projects such as?Cloud2Ground and Slyder,?

After these projects, they went underground for a couple of years but continued making music together until enlisting both vocalist Carah Faye Charnow and?drummer Mikey Martin in 2004.?Charnow was born in?London England; she and her family moved to the U.S. when she was four years old