Dean: We recognized each other at work, and one night and Tyler asked if I was interested in starting a band with him. Dave and his band used to play gigs with us, and he ended up taking the spot on guitar.
Tyler: Some people get p*ssed off and get drunk or go get into fights in bars or punch holes in walls. Instead of doing that, I just write all the stuff that's in my head and it makes me feel better.
David: We could tell right away that the songs were really coming together, and our sound was really becoming our own with each song we wrote, Brenner adds. A lot of times we'd just write one riff and get excited and want to jam it without having a song together. The band's time on the road has earned them an impressive list of jamming partners - rock icons Zakk Wylde and Randy Bachman dropped in on the band, adding to their rock and roll storybook, but not to the new album. - on their second album, "Gasoline".
Tyler: I think the songs we did are a lot more credible this time because they weren't done over a period of six years, they were done in six months. They really show where we were at when we did them and proved to us that we can come up with great material in a short period of time. We just put our heads together and did it.
Tyler: I just think that if you want to be real, you have to write from the heart.
Theory of a Deadman's record labels are 604 Records and Roadrunner Records
The bands' favorite songs off Gasoline are "Better Off" and "No Way Out".
Tyler Connolly ran into Nickelback's front man, Chad Kroeger, at a party and handed him a copy of Theory of a Deadman's demo CD. Chad loved the demo and immediately recruited Theory of a Deadman for his label, 604 Records.
Tyler Connolly and Dean Back went to the same guitar school and worked in the same restaurant, and David Brenner was the younger brother of one of Dean's friends.
Most of their lyrics are inspired by actual feelings and events, such as "Hating Hollywood" and "Hello Lonely (Just Walk Away From This)", which is about Tyler's mom leaving his family.
Before the release of the album the band toured with Shinedown and No Address, and starting March 1 began a promotion tour with headliners Breaking Benjamin and The Exies.
They have nine singles out, including: Nothing Could Come Between Us (2002) Make Up Your Mind (2003) The Last Song (2003) No Surprise (2005) Say Goodbye (2005) Santa Monica (2005) Hello Lonely (Walk Away From This) (2005) Better Off (2005) Since You've Been Gone (2006)
Tyler Connolly - Vocals and Guitar Dave Brenner - Guitar Dean Back - Bass Brent Fitz - Drums
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