229:. In the beginning, when both were 14 years old, Ben Goins ("13EN") met guitarist Andrew Howard, and after hearing about his ambitions to start a band, Goins decided to start jamming with him. Howard would jam with Goins at his house. Sometime after, Derek DeSantis, a friend of the two who hung out while they would jam, decided to become the band's bassist, and
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