While still a member of Before Braille, David Jensen would constantly demo new songs for a project that he called Art for Starters.

Having been greatly trouble by the loss of his band, Jensen would spend many nights demoing new material on a cheap laptop to relieve the "stress and grime associated with the Before Braille" mess, while working as a night-watchman.

In late 2006, Jensen put together a band and recorded what would become his double-LP debut, Drugs Made My Favorite Bands, Drugs Ruined My Favorite People in two locations, Flying Blanket Studios and Bubbles Bounce Studios, after which mastering took place during an almost 28-hour marathon.

[2] After grouping together with musicians from many other local bands, including Chad Martin and Brad Cole from Fivespeed, David Marquez from the Sweetbleeders, Ree Boado from Lesser Heroes and Dearspeak, and then finally Ashley Taylor from Splitlips (who would later work again with David Jensen in Loyal Wife), a band was born.

[2] Art for Starters finally released its first record, a double album titled Drugs Made my Favorite Bands, Drugs Ruined My Favorite People, by playing two separate shows, one to showcase the album's acoustic disc, and the other to showcase its rock disc.