IN THE BEGINNING …before FELONY was officially united as a band in 1989, Tommy, Johnny, and Shawn met through the local Indy music scene and began to collaborate on writing original music, with the goal of creating an all-original songwriting band, and subsequently building an archive of original music suitable for soliciting a recording contract with a national record label. Following a few interim carnations with various local guitarists, they came across Dale during an audition for the band, and the resulting musical bond of the four secured the original lineup.