Caroline's Spine was first formed in 1993. Originally, it was Jim Newquist preforming all of the instruments and vocals, (except for a few select guitar solo's preformed by Mark Haugh) in the ANZA Studio's in California. Not to long afterwards they met Jason Gilardi. And they had a band. Jason on drums, Jim and Mark doing vocal's. And Jim playing bass with Mark on guitar. So finally they decided that this is what they need to do. So they quit their jobs, sold their belongings, broke up with their girlfriends, bought a bus and went on tour. One day, while on tour, Mark (who was from tulsa, ok) called up Scott Jones (they had gone to high school together) to try to help them book a show there. While doing so, he asked if they knew a bass player, and before long asked Scott (who is a good guitar player) if he would play bass. So there you have Caroline's Spine as what they are today.