Working as solo artists in Boston, the two members of the band, John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard, were introduced through a mutual friend, Joe Klompus.

The relationship lasted for four years, but ended in the fall of 2004 when the pair moved to L.A.[1] After the break-up, both Hazard and Dragonetti continued writing songs, and because Hazard still recorded her music in Dragonetti's home studio, the pair quickly discovered the songs they had written were about each other and their sadness in having broken up.

[5] Blake released a solo album of her own titled "Little Airplane" (2002) just two years previous to her breakup with John on California's election night in 2004.

[9] To support himself, John worked as a bike messenger in the city of Boston[10] and played in several Boston-area bands before going solo.

Several singles and a self-titled, full-length album, "The Red Record," or "cataloged as Pop Spelled Backwards" (as dubbed by his friends and bandmates[11]) were released.

The first single, "Velour," was released by Dave Gibbs (of the Gigolo Aunts), on his label called Sumerville Records.

When A&M was acquired by Universal Music, Jack Drag was dropped from the label and he continued recording independently in Space 67.

This eventually led to a project with his old friend Peter DuCharme (AKA: Master Cylinder) called the Junior Communist Club.

(As an inside joke, John has said that when the Subs play live with some computer tracks, the band is called The Robots).

For the first leg of the 2011 Love Notes/Letter Bombs tour, The Submarines brought on Scott Barber to play Bass for live performances.

John traveled to Austin, Texas to work with Jim in his studio and contributed drum tracks for the Love Notes/Letter Bombs release.

[15] In 2010, The Submarines donated their time and efforts to teach children of the 826LA Organization the art of songwriting and how to creatively express themselves.