well, it used to just be Jaret and Erik... going round the local towns, making fun of each other, playing covers and thier own works... this is how they went for a while, until Chris joined, and then Gary replaced their original drummer in 1999.
Their first headlining tour was 97-98, just after the realease of their first album "Rock On Hounourable Ones!" and followed it up the next year with "Tell Me When To Whoa!" which had the first version of "The Bitch Song" on it, and of couse everyone loved it, and it got played at all the nearby radio stations. Tha's when all the record labels started coming in. Bowling For soup chose Jive, they were Jives first rock signing, so it was a big step...
