Show Me State

Formed in 2002, Show Me State began playing music while their girlfriends studied architecture at University of California at Berkeley. A lineup of five members began playing shows in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003: Jerry Jai on drums and guitar, Ian Chapman on guitar, Dan Culley-Rapata on bass, Ben Graves on guitar and drums, and Ian Frederick-Rothwell on keyboards. The self-released 1000K EP was followed by the CCAC/Western Heirs seven-inch on Hella Rad Records, both in 2003.