Aimee Echo and Jamie Miller formed the band in 1998, originally named Hero.

[8] While spending the summer touring with Scarling., they found a distributor in Small Stone Records for a self-titled EP.

Over the next year, the group found replacements, bringing in Erick Sanger and Billy Brimblecon Jr. With their new lineup, the group was signed to Nitro Records in October 2003,[9] which re-released their self-titled EP as Death Via Satellite.

[1][3] Brimblecon left the group shortly before the release of Initiation, and the album's supporting tour featured a number of interim drummers, including Adrian Young (of No Doubt)[10] and Frank Zummo[11] (of Sum 41).

[2] After Lance Webber returned to college in 2009, Aimee, Jamie and Chelsea started a side project called Normandie, and toured as a trio.