The Afterglows formed during the turn of the century, using their collective love of music to fuel their artistic ventures.
They began playing small venues, instantly delighting fans with their energetic blend of Punk, Ska, Pop, and Metal, just to name a few genres.

In Fall 2000, they recorded a 10-song EP entitled Burnin’ Down the House with noted area musician and producer, Frank Phobia.
After relieving their original bass player of his post midway through the sessions, Drummer Mike Mollura and Guitarist/Vocalist Hiester Lotz added Bassist/Vocalist Imix Shish to the mix.
There was instant karma between the three, setting off a creative burst that shows no signs of letting up until the turn of the next century.

The boys practiced their horse whooping behinds off, adding droves of new songs to their already blazing live set.
They started things off by quickly recording and self-releasing the EP Running Out of Options, followed up by their self release of Burnin’ Down the House, in March of 2001.
As spring arrived, the band appeared at Vertigofest IV alongside such regional favorites as Wolfpac, Anthrophobia, Eastcide, and Spinebelt.

The trio also were featured on the drp records compilation Gimme the Medicine Volume 1., showcasing two songs on the “Placebo” CD of the 2-CD compilation.

During the past year the trio has also played alongside such noted acts as the Dead 50’s, Total Chaos, Mary Prankster, ECP, Closer Than Kin, Lisa Christ Superstar, and Big Green Limousine.
After stepping back into the recording studio with producer Frank Phobia and engineer Mike Radka in late summer/early fall, the Afterglows began preparing their first independent-label release.
In conjunction with drp records, the group eagerly anticipates the January 8th, 2002 release of You Don’t Know the Half of It, an 11-song disc sure to keep you begging for more.

The three of us are still a) bros b) making music that matters to us Hiest is playing drums (quite well I might add) in Tough Luck (they have a great record out) and Twin Killing (new record and 7″ coming soon!!). Mike and Imix play in Equals Conquest (new record out next year). Hiester has (much to their content) lent a hand once in a while with this band as well..Mike also plays drums and keyboards in Smoking Frog and Rabbit. Mike, Hiester, and friends (hopefully Imix too!) plan on making some recordings soon…. The thing about the Afterglows is, as much as we loved our band, is it was a big launch pad for creative energies. It was more a jump off point and a realization that we could do this and by this I mean, make music for as long as we live…it doesn’t matter if we sell 5 billion records or no records. Music is something we do for us and is completely inherent in everything we do. As long as you stay true to that, someone is bound to listen and get something out of it. We had our ups and downs but I can say without any hesitation that I’m proud of what we did and how it shaped us.If I wasn’t a part of this band, I would be a completely different person…one I would be significantly less happy about. I probably wouldn’t be playing music anymore and I wouldn’t have had such an exposure to many different types of truly alternative music and ways of thinking. Hiester and I talked about this recently. So please, look at our top 8 and check out what we’re doing now. You might find something you like. I personally endorse it all. Also, the tracks on here are subject to being changed…as time goes by I want to put some of the more rare items on so you will be able to download and check out. If you have any request, by all means shoot us a line and we’ll try to get it up here.