[1] In 2002 they released their album Till We Have Faces on The Militia Group label, which won San Diego’s 2002 award for Best Recording.
In promotion of this album, Noise Ratchet toured with several acts, including Dashboard Confessional and Switchfoot.
In 2003 the band released a self-titled EP, an assemblage of five new songs and a revamped version of the acoustic "A Way to the Heart", which originally appeared on Till We Have Faces.
and in Dec 2003 they went in the studio to record their major-label debut with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Superdrag, Danzig, Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore).
[2] Molina is a professional hair stylist in SoCal, and Hosler owns Seven C Music in St. Petersburg, Florida.