Guitarist Claire Simson and drummer James Cuthbert had been best friends since the age of three, and both had grown up with heavy music being the motivating force behind their musical ambitions.nnBoth musicians met Heidi McEwen, a bassist, when they were teenagers at the same school.nnThe three were all aware of one another's talents, but hadn't tried to work together musically yet.nnThis changed when Simson met Jess Mayers, a vocalist that was partially inspired by one of Simson's old outfits.nnThe two talked music and when they realized that they could just form a band with one another, they drafted in the other two and began to practice.nnAlthough none of them were terribly polished, the group put together a few covers and began to play for their peers.nnThey started to play around Britain, eventually recording a popular local demo in the summer of 2000.nnA tour with My Ruin garnered them their first road experience, and follow-up gigs with Disturbed and the Guano Apes helped them boost their image.nnProducer Colin Richardson took them into the studio for an EP, and this impressed Music For Nations so much they signed the band soon after.nnThe members spent their summer writing and rehearsing, finally stepping into the studio in August of 2001.nnIn March of 2002, Becoming Something Else became their first full length album. ~ Bradley Torreano