Pagnotta moved to Santa Barbara

As a child, frontman Tim Pagnotta moved around a lot, living in thirteen different homes and going to nine different schools before graduating from high school. As a result he had a hard time fitting in; as an escape, Pagnotta turned to music. In 1997, Pagnotta moved to Santa Barbara, California and eventually met ex-drummer Ben Davis during a cigarette break at Santa Barbara City College . Davis, who had recently quit his job at Denny’s in Boulder, Colorado to pursue his musical career on the West Coast, and Pagnotta started to play together on a regular basis. Although Davis began playing drums when he was just 9 years old, his musical aspirations were grand. He now plays a multitude of instruments and was producing local Santa Barbara bands when the two hooked up.