TIMELINE
July 8, 1998 - Human Waste Project's last show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA.
August, 1998 - Jamie Miller and Mike Smith leave Snot to form Hero with Aimee Echo and Scott Ellis.
September 9, 1998 - Hero's first show at The Dragonfly in Los Angeles, CA.
1999 - Opened shows for Orgy.
July 29, 1999 - Hero sign with 143/Atlantic records.
January 1, 2000 - Hero changes name to theSTART.
October, 2000 - Mike Smith leaves theSTART, Jamie switches to guitar, Jeff Jaeger joins as bassist.
November 18, 2000 - Jeff Jaeger's first show at The Troubadour in Hollywood, CA.
2000/2001 - theSTART split from 143/Atlantic Records and sign with The Label.
July 24, 2001 - Shakedown! is released on The Label.
July/August, 2001 - Sugar Ray and Uncle Kracker tour.
September, 2001 - Weezer and Cold tour.
October/November, 2001 - Incubus tour.
January, 2002 - theSTART split from The Label/Geffen Records.
March, 2002 - Finch and Moth tour.
April 10, 2002 - The 1234 EP is released independently by the band.
April 10, 2002 - Scott Ellis' last show at The Troubadour in Hollywood, CA.
June 13, 2002 - Brian Ferraro's first show at The Glasshouse in Pomona, CA.
June/July, 2002 - Headlining tour with Scarling.
July, 2002 - Van's Warped Tour.
August 1, 2002 - The Death Via Satellite EP is released on Smallstone Records.
October/November, 2002 - European tour with Strung Out and Sparta.
January, 2003 - Opened shows for AFI.
February 15, 2003 - Jeff Jaeger's last show at The Troubadour in Hollywood, CA.
February 26, 2003 - Sarah Saturday's first show at The Glasshouse in Pomona, CA.
March, 2003 - Vaux tour.
April, 2003 - The Used, Coheed & Cambria, and S.T.U.N. tour.
May 26, 2003 - Sarah Saturday's last show at Emo's in Austin, TX.
May 28, 2003 - Brian Ferraro's last show at The Empire Club in El Paso, TX. Puke filled in for bass at this show.
June, 2003 - Alkaline Trio tour. Todd O'Keefe and Justin Rocherolle from The Green And Yellow TV fill in for bass and drums.
July 11, 2003 - Erick Sanger's and Billy Brimblecom's first show at Hard To Find in Goleta, CA.
July, 2003 - Ozma and Piebald tour.
July, 2003 - Onelinedrawing tour.
July/August, 2003 - Taproot and The Revolution Smile tour.
October 6, 2003 - theSTART sign with Nitro Records.
October/November, 2003 - Girlz Garage tour with Lennon, Brassy, and Lillix.
December 9, 2003 - The Death Via Satellite EP is re-released on Nitro Records.
March, 2004 - UK tour with The Offspring and Rufio.
April-June 1, 2004 - US tour with The Offspring, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, and Auf Der Maur.
July, 2004 - Coheadlining tour with The AKA's.
August 24, 2004 - Initiation is released on Nitro Records.
August 25, 2004 - Billy Brimblecom's last show at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, TX.
October 2, 2004 - Frank Zummo's first show at The Orange Pavillion in San Bernardino, CA.
October, 2004 - Headlining tour with Action Action and The Colour.
October 17, 2004 - Adrian Young of No Doubt fills in for drums, but Frank Zummo plays encore at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA.
October/November, 2004 - Headlining tour with Paris Texas.
October 23/24, 2004 - Adrian Young fills in for drums.
November 27, 2004 - Opened for TSOL.
January 20, 2005 - Bang! drum show with Frank and Jamie.
February 4, 2005 - Opened for Berlin and Bow Wow Wow.
February/March, 2005 - Goldfinger tour.
March/April, 2005 - Showbread, The Goodwill, and The Art Of Safecracking tour.
July 2, 2005 - Opened for Bow Wow Wow, Adrian Young fills in for drums.
July, 2005 - Head Automatica tour.
July, 2005 - Team Sleep tour.
August/September, 2005 - Garbage tour.
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Thanks to Phil for some of these dates.