Before The Storm

Before the Storm was formed by Mark Russell and Dakota Leyva out of the ashes of another band, The Slight Discomfort. Slight Discomfort disbanded in February of 2007 due to lack of interest for the most part and frustration as well. In April of the same year, Mark, Dakota, and Alex Mininni, a previous member of Slight Discomfort, had their first practice as Before the Storm. In Early June, Before the Storm started looking for a second guitarist and found one in Emily Stranski. However, Alex left the band in July for personal reasons, and in mid-August, Xack Brame of The Fall of Pangea agreed to play drums for Before the Storm temporarily until they could find a full-time drummer. Still deep in the writing process, Before the Storm is about ready to start gigging soon, and plans to release a demo by the end of the Summer.