Ella Minnow began as a band for a birthday. The party needed music, so these five men stepped up to the plate. Out of this birthday Chase Celebration Fantastic Union was born, and from this birth Ella Minnow was spawned. Four years later the band still continues on after four albums and hundreds of shows across Texas. In November 2007, six months after the birthday party, The Quick and Clean EP was released, and less than a year later in August, Blue Bear/Orange Shield was released.