The Wars of 1812

For the most part, The Wars of 1812 were born from nothing more than five days spent together in a basement studio. In the summer of 2006, four friends united in De Pere, WI to make a record. The group had played and recorded together in various pairings throughout the years, but never together. Over the course of five days, the quartet learned, rehearsed, recorded, and fashioned together a cohesive assemblage of nine songs, which would come to be known collectively as Status Quo Ante Bellum - translating to "as it was before the war.