The band is currently starting to remotely work on new music, as the members are now spread out between San Jose, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Marseille, FR.
Fighting Jacks formed in the fall of 2000 after their former bands, Freeto Boat/Call of Elijah and 2 Car Garage, broke up that summer.
The three-piece band played a few local shows under pseudonyms until they asked former bandmate Mike Wright to join as lead guitarist and solidified Fighting Jacks as a four-piece.
At the end of 2001 Fighting Jacks co-self-released the Split EP with fellow San Jose bands Sloe and Keeping Ellis.
2002 saw the band continuing to tour throughout the west coast and were signed to Seattle indie label Tooth & Nail Records.
The band eventually recorded their first full-length LP The Dying Art of Life in the winter of 2002/2003 with producer Sylvia Massy at RadioStar Studios in Weed, CA.
The Dying Art of Life album was released worldwide in October 2003 and at this time the band started touring full-time in support of the record.
At the end of 2006 Fighting Jacks decided to take a break from playing live and began writing demoing for their second full-length album.
With new members Gordon Gurley (drums, production) and Nick Tresko (keys, guitars) now in the fold, the band was reinvigorated and started to prepare for live shows and finished up their new album, Decade, which was self-released on 7/21/2017.