The band started in 2004 when André Linman and Henrik Kurkiala were on their way home from a Judas Priest concert.

The band got more gigs and played at Stafettkarnevalen 2004 in Vaasa, also making a cover of Dio's Rainbow In The Dark.

[2] In March 2012, the album was ready for release in the Nordic countries, Central Europe and Japan without mixing.

[10] In March 2019, it was announced that the band's original members André Linman and Jeppe Welroos would do a duet tour together called "An Evening With Sturm und Drang featuring André Linman & Jeppe Welroos".

[14][15] Members of Sturm und Drang have described Kiss, Iron Maiden, Dio, and Judas Priest as musical influences.

[16] In 2005, Sturm und Drang recorded the demo Rising Son which they sent to Helsinki Music Company.

The boss for HMC, Asko Kallonen, who had not taken them seriously, changed opinion after hearing them play live with the Swedish garage rock band The Hellacopters.

After the 30 May release of their album in Finland, Learning to Rock climbed to number three on the official chart of record sales in Finland.1