Earthride formed in 2000 after the demise of Dave Sherman's previous band, Spirit Caravan.

They released their self-titled EP the same year on their own Earth Brain label.

They recorded their next release, 2005 Vampire Circus, with Corrosion of Conformity's Mike Dean acting as producer.

[3] In 2007, Land o Smiles Records re-released Earthride's self-titled debut EP on 10" vinyl.

In the same year, Dave Sherman, Eric Little, Greg Lynn Ball and Edmund Allan Brown recorded a new single on Salt of the Earth Records.