[citation needed] Jimmy along with his college friend, Mark Haugh, won the 'Best Unsigned Band' in the 1994 Yamaha sponsored 'Soundcheck' contest.

[citation needed] To make ends meet, they sold all their furniture and went on the road with Jason Gilardi (from Los Angeles) on drums and Luis Moral on bass.

Backed by Hollywood Records the band released two national albums (Monsoon[4] and Attention Please[5]) and made appearances on two motion picture soundtracks (An American Werewolf In Paris and Varsity Blues).

This was helpful to the fans that could not afford the scarce, early albums which had become highly valuable through secondary markets such as eBay.

Later that year, The Grovers 10th Anniversary Edition was released to commemorate a decade passing since Jimmy and Mark were in the college band together.

The album featured early versions of four songs ("Psycho," "She's Coming Home," "Why Don't We Get Along," and "I Will Be Alright") that would eventually appear on Caroline's Spine records.

Later that year, Jason Gilardi and Scott Jones released a self-titled album from their side project, New Science.

The following year, Newquist recorded acoustic versions of eight Caroline's Spine fan favorites and released them as a new disc entitled On Tour.

[6] This includes the single "The Light Inside" which would go on to rank as the second most downloaded Caroline's Spine song,[citation needed] just under "Sullivan."