chris barrows was born in wichita, kansas, and later moved to tampa, florida. he first started his music career as vocalist of the local punk group pink lincolns, which he co-founded with guitarist dorsey martin. barrows had first met dorsey while hanging out with the local punk band not much; barrows was friends with their guitarist, and dorsey was in the band as well. the rest of the pink lincoln's lineup has frequently changed and currently includes bassist kevin coss and drummer jeff fox, who joined in 2005.