they were all friends back in high school and used to just have fun in someone's garage playing pop punk/rock covers of popular songs. eventually they played a couple parties and even local venues like his grandfather's bowling alley. on a bit of a whim, they left boston back in 2005 to tour and started making their own music as they played shows across the states. eventually they made it to la but the band broke up about a year later because ryan and at least one other member (i was think there's four) weren't really interested in playing music as a career and didn't want to hold back their friend that was actually talented. they splintered off doing their own stuff from there (the talented one went on to work as a songwriter in la for awhile!) but stayed friends and all ended up back in boston eventually.