The band started in 2002 as a casual project for 5 high school friends, practicing in basement of drummer Patrick Birtles parents' house.
After playing a handful of local shows in Edmonton at various all-ages venues, the band recorded the 'Your Famous Last Words' EP with friend and current Shout Out Out Out Out member Nik Kozub.
The band soon after returned to the studio to record the One More for the Road EP with friend Real Cardinal.
For the release of the EP in 2004, the band played a free show at the Edmonton Events Center which ended up filling the venue to capacity at 1600 people, leaving hundreds more outside.
Soon after the release, Farway Records closed their doors and the band re-released the EP independently.
As well, the band began to gain a presence online through the popularity of the song Home In The Heartland.
In March 2006, the band played a showcase at Canadian Music Week, and on the drive home from Toronto to Edmonton they received word that a project Garth was working on had canceled, and that he could do their record if they began production immediately.
Despite all members still working jobs or attending post-secondary school back home, they decided to keep driving straight to The Farm studios in Gibsons, BC to begin recording.
The result of Richardson's collaboration with the band was Ten Second Epic's first full-length album, Count Yourself In, released on October 10, 2006.
During the 12-hour shoot, the band traveled to Langley, BC in between daytime & night scenes to play the final show of a tour they were on.
[11] The band filmed the music video for first single, Young Classics, at an Edmonton area dirt biking facility.