The Rewinds emerged from the Birmingham, AL music scene with their creative blend of southern power pop. The Rewinds originally began as a three piece consisting of Glenn Drennen on lead vocals and guitar, Chris Markham on bass and Brooks Marks on drums. After playing shows around the Southeast and recording a demo in Nashville, the trio realized their sound needed something more. The band decided to look for another guitar player to bring another creative influence to the table. At Markham’s suggestion, they auditioned Michael Shackelford, a guitarist who was also moonlighting as a drummer in a local band. The audition went well and The Rewinds decided to add Shackelford to the line-up. In time, the band would discover he was quite a talented singer and songwriter in his own right. Drennen and Marks listened to a demo track (Sentimental Flaw) that Shackelford had presented to them. As both sat there listening to the track, they knew they had found what they were looking for. The Rewinds decided to move Shackelford to lead vocal and rhythm guitar and the band as they presently are began. It did not take long for this decision to yield results, as three months after forming the "new" Rewinds a record deal was on the table from Atlanta based Livewire Recordings. The Rewinds signed the deal and the band began to rehearse and perfect a tight live show. They rented a storage unit at Uncle Bob's in Birmingham and went to work practicing in a sweat soaked non air-conditioned unit