RBHS often arranged Battle of the Bands competitions, and Raynor participated: his band, The Necropheliacs, played a cover of Metallica's "Creeping Death".[1] While at the competition, new transfer student Tom DeLonge, who had been kicked out of Poway High School for attending a basketball game while drunk,[1] performed an original song titled "Who's Gonna Shave Your Back Tonight?" to a packed auditorium.[2] Raynor was introduced to DeLonge at a party by Paul Scott, founding member of The Necropheliacs, shortly before he moved out of state.[1] The two found they had plenty in common, and DeLonge was searching for a more permanent band to create music with.