:: you doin' anything right now?

:: Back in April of 2001, Howard got a call from long time friend Tom Phaffle, who had recently been running sound for Queensryche. He invited Howard over to Roger Fisher's pad (formerly of Heart) to jam with the Geoff's new project. "I told him I had quit playing for almost 2 years.... I thought, what the hell, dusted off my keyboards.....". Howard's question was, how do keyboards fit into a guitar band? After a week of rehearsals and discovery that there was the opportunity to bring his songwriting skills to the project, he knew he wanted in. "Thankfully, so did Geoff." Howard was the last guy to join the project.