Crafty begins to write for "The Grand Opening."
Crafty invites Ben, Dan, and Rob (in that order) to be a part of "The Grand Opening."
The Grand Opening's first show was in February 2003 in Muncie, at the old Speakeasy, with In the Face of War and Baby's Revenge. The show featured a large purple octopus and a banner with the band's name.
Crafty starts to record Sunshine of Doom with help from the band and others.
"The Grand Opening" changes their name to "Everything, Now!" Drew is invited to be a part of "Everything, Now!" Crafty finishes Sunshine of Doom, which is self-released in December 2003.
Crafty begins to write what will be Police, Police!. Standard Recording Company digs the live show after seeing the band for the first time in January 2004 in a sweaty Muncie basement. Crafty starts to record Police, Police! with Tyler Watkins, the band, and others.
E,N! signs a recording contract with Standard outside of Radio Radio in Indianapolis in June 2004.
E,N! goes on their first fake tour to Toledo, Toronto, Chicago, and Champaign.
Ben quits the band to pursue In the Face of War, and foster his love for Avril Lavigne.
Justin and Cheek are invited to be a part of Everything, Now! Both played their first show in September 2004 in Terre Haute. E,N! goes on its second fake world tour, hitting Terre Haute and Bloomington.
Crafty finishes Police, Police! E,N! goes on its third fake world tour "Third World Countries Tour."
January 25th, 2005 -- Standard releases Police, Police!. Everyone's face gets rocked off at release shows in Indy and Muncie.
Justin quits and moves to Connecticut to take up bow-hunting and continue his shower-less streak.
Doog joins just in time for the 4th fake, 1st real world tour. E,N! tours 10 cities in 12 days, including: breaking the floor of a house, leaving a trailer door open, playing to 3 people, rocking NYC twice, videotaping two wasted dudes in Nashville, playing in an Athens backyard, eating one large cardboard box full of candy, and returning home with one more person than they left with.
Rob leaves the band to move to San Fran, which is completely unrelated to his not-so-recent development of an ass-scab.
Police, Police! charts on the CMJ Top 200, peaking at ..197 (above the Oasis single). Doog leaves the band. Justin, Thomas, and Castle agree to join for the upcoming SUMMER 2K5 TOUR.
Thomas decides he can't tour due to an incident involving Night Train, and Dan leaves the band later the same evening to pursue a possible job on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Castle leaves the tour to run with wild stallions in Kentucky.
John and Will join the band for the Summer Tour, and Doog joins for the East Coast Dates, which are cut short by a bad transmission.
In the fall of 2005, Richard joins the band on bass, and in the Spring of 2006, Justin re-joins as a jack-of-all-trades. After the "Spring Baked 2006" Spring Tour, Jared leaves the band in pursuit of the Guinness Record for Largest Eggplant Garden, and to perfect is Apple Cider-Peanut Butter-Chili. Justin and Dave Segedy both join to fill his old man shoes, then Dan re-joins on third guitar and trombone.
On April 11, 2006, Police, Police! is re-released nationwide through NAIL Distribution.
In June 2006, the band saddled up with a van, trailer, and seven members, for their first cross-country tour. They played at least 25 shows in close to that many states, slept in Wal-Mart parking lots and rest stops, drank the finest brews in Boise, swam in the Pacific, smashed a guitar, and generally blew minds and went completely, utterly broke, almost becoming stranded in the Arizona desert. Somehow, they made it back, and Fall 2006 saw the release of a Split 12" with Everthus the Deadbeats on Standard Recording, and a vinyl re-release of Sunshine of Doom on St. Ives/Secretly Canadian.
Due to money losses and members moving around the state, the band went on hiatus, to re-emerge in early 2007. In the meantime, Justin left the band to get married and bike to Europe and back, while Chad left to pursue a career in the entertainment industry as a James Dean imitator.
April 2007 saw the release of the band's third full-length, Bible Universe, hand-made and self-released. The band toured the South for an extended week in May 2007, the Ghost Ridin' Tour, playing with luminaries like Man Man and Summer Hymns.
Upon their return, work continued on the fourth full-length, Ugly Magic, and Richard left the band in late July to further work on his patented "scroto-tom".
Eric (aka Doog) re-joined the band on bass in the Summer of '07, completing two tours, September's "The End Is Here" jaunt, which saw the band selling their van for $50 in Texas, eatin' shot-dogs, and experimenting with a drum machine. The 4-day Halloween with the Deadbeats involved lots of eye-make-up, robes, and bro-time.
Doog left the band in March of 08 to kick it on the astral plain....or in upstate NY, and was replaced by Dave. --Originally conceived and compiled by Rob, edited by Drew
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