Classmates Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham and Chino Moreno met up at C.K.
McClatchy High School in Sacramento after school to practice skateboarding
together. But it wasn't long before music became their main interest, and they
began rehearsing regularly in Stephen Carpenter's garage in 1988. Carpenter, a
heavy metal fan, played guitar, Abe Cunningham drums, and Chino Moreno,
interested in both hardcore and new wave, became vocalist by necessity. Chi
Cheng soon joins the band as bassist. The quartet thus formed played an
increasing number of concerts, appearing in clubs as far...