1999–2000

Beginnings

The YouTube description for the Mechanica Demo pretty much summed up the start: “It was a cold and rainy night in late 1999 when I met Clay up at the Wedgwood Broiler to break up the band. We had auditioned a million singers, our drummer was bored and playing in some other projects, and we were tired of freezing our butts off in a rat-infested cellar trying to make music. Then some dude showed up with a hacked up version of one of our songs he made in Pro Tools, and we stuck it out for another 8 years as Underride.”

2001–2002

Horsepower Kills

By 2001 Mike the drummer left and we recruited Jack T. Hammer as a replacement and started work on a first record. We scrounged enough cash to record it at Pearl Jam’s studio and mix it with a real engineer. Rodney took the CD design on as a labor of love and produced an amazing product with a video to boot.

In the meantime Debbie Rock started booking our shows and the band gigged as often as possible, including our first run down to L.A., which was later immortalized in Nicholas Russell’s classic “Head and Hands.”

2002–2005

Necessary Evil

2002 saw the rhythm section change up again with a new drummer, Rock St. Eddie, and Angelo D’Ark aka T-Bone on bass. The band was finally firing on all cylinders, and with support from KISW, the Fenix Underground and a ton of fans, 2004 saw the new record’s release, endless shows, even more endless parties, and a solid run opening for 80s acts like Great White, Faster Pussycat and Quiet Riot.

2005–2006

Insanityland

The Insanityland EP was released in 2006 after a year of being known as Generation Rx. The band began playing regularly in Portland and Seattle and hooked up with the rock monsters in Crystal Pistol for a show in Vancouver. After T-Bone announced his retirement in 2005, El Barto came on board as the new bass player and all-around ass kicker. Soon after, the band welcomed the scintillating Spanky Mittens as its new management powerhouse.

2007–2008

One Of Us

Another drummer switch brought Jesse Smith on board temporarily, and then just prior to beginning pre-production on the new record, Double A checked in to drum and lend a hand with production. One Of Us showed off a new level of songcraft and groove and stands as the final destination for Underride in its original incarnation.