Valid Stings formed in the summer of 2002. Wout was playing the bass and Tom was playing the guitar, and suddenly they decided to form a band. They found Tomas after a couple of weeks, and Maarten joined 3 months later.
Starting with some jam sessions, trying to do some cover songs, and after a year of rehearsel, they did their first gig @ Club 11. A couple of other shows followed, but not a lot.
In 2004 they've recorded their first demo, called "off the sidewalk". It contained 6 songs, poppunk, if you want to call it that way. About 150 got the cd.
In september 2004, Tomas decided to leave the band for his studies. He introduced us to Joeri, a guy we all knew a little bit. It turned out that this guy could play really well, so now his a steady member of the Valid Stings.
After writing a couple of new songs, and doing some shows, a new idea came up. Making a new record, recording the new songs...et voila!