Ground Components were formed in the Melbourne suburb of East Brunswick in December 2002 by Indra Adams on bass guitar, Joe McGuigan on lead vocals and guitar, Simon McGuigan on drums and Dallas Paxton on keyboards.
[1] Their first public performances were in that year, playing alongside friends' bands and at house parties.
And played as support band for The Black Keys, Hard Fi, Teenage Fanclub, Saul Williams, Spoon, My Morning Jacket, Muse band, M Ward, Microphones, J Mascis, The Liars, Suicide Girls, The Sleepy Jackson, Spiderbait, Powderfinger.
Ground Components collaborated with Melbourne-based female MC Macromantics (Kill Rock Stars, US).
Paxton appeared as a guest member of Midnight Juggeranuts and Architecture in Helsinki at live shows.