Mark Manthei got his start playing the club circuit in the northern Ontario communities of North Bay and Sudbury. He was hopelessly in search of songwriting collaborators and decided to take out a want ad and after many troubled individuals failed to pass muster, Manthei discovered the Guidoccio brothers in 1988.
The trio relocated to Toronto where they began to demo their material and make the rounds in the Toronto club scene. A fortuitous placement of their roots-inspired "Seven Minutes To Midnight" brought them to the attention of video producer Peter McNamee and entertainment lawyer Steve Ehrlick who in-turn attracted Jeff Burns and his Justin Records label in 1989.
By 1990 the band had released its self-titled debut on Justin and received nominal play for their two singles/videos "Belts, Boots" and "Seven Minutes To Midnight" but it wasn't enough to get them over the hurdle of the glut of folk-tinged acoustic acts like Blue Rodeo at the time.
The band split up shortly thereafter. The Guidoccio brothers would go on to form Big Blue Bus.
