the band formed and played their first shows in early 2001. the initial practicing lineup consisted of 10,000 marbles (mike haliechuk, lead guitar), concentration camp (josh zucker, rhythm guitar, vocals), mustard gas (sandy miranda, bass guitar) and chris colohan (of left for dead/the swarm fame, who was lead vocalist for cursed). just prior to recording their demo tape, concentration camp concentrated on guitar duties and vocal duties were taken over from colohan by pink eyes (damian abraham, also known as mr. damian). drums were played by mr. jo (jonah falco, also credited as g. beat or j. falco).