Guitarist Matt Neth and Bassist Bryan Ray started playing together right out of high school as Black Market Flowers (name given to them by a schoolmate). After going through numerous incarnations of band members and name changes in their hometown San Francisco, they settled in Los Angeles and shortly thereafter finalized the line up with Heath Patterson as thee drummer as well as Matt picking up the task of lead vocals. They settled with the original name given to them and the power trio was born.