1995

Aug ‘95 - little kid tells Hemmes in Tourist InfoCentre that he wants some pins because they’re a "pin collecting family"

Sept ‘95 - Chris & Hemmes become roomates in Gage; tells ‘pin’ story. "Good name for a band, eh"

Oct ‘95 - Chris begins to teach Derek guitar...Pin Collecting Family is born with Craig on bass!

Nov ‘95 - band goes to a Watchman show at the Commodore and decides that Hemmes sucks on guitar so Craig takes over guitar and Hemmes begins to learn bass.

Dec '95 - PCF enlist drummer Steve a former UBC roomate.

Dec ‘95 - play at Gage coffee house (acoustic set with Steve playing bongos)

1996

Jan ‘96 - start rehearsing with Steve on drums for Showarama (a UBC talent show)

Mar 1 ‘96 - play first show at Showarama (Totem Park Ballroom) - show goes relatively well aside from Chris falling down on the second song and breaking his guitar strap.

late Mar ‘96 - decide to record 5 song demo with Devinder Agnish (yet another roommate taking theater sound ) at Steve’s place

Apr 8 ‘96 - Steve says he can’t do the recording so Hemmes and Chris use video tapes of Steve to program drum machine "Dr. Rythm"

Apr 11-13 ‘96 - Pin Collecting Family lays down 5 songs on Devinder’s 8-track in the basement of Dene

Apr 24 ‘96 - Pin Collecting Family, Dev, and D.B.( a long time supporter of the band) try to mix tracks onto DAT in the UBC theatre sound room. Sounds like crap. Everybody’s depressed. Hemmes leaves next day for 6 weeks in Europe.

mid June ‘96 - Chris and Devinder re-record some of the vocal tracks

June 14-17 ‘96 - Pin Collecting Family and Dev re-mix the tracks onto a rented DAT using rented effects processors

June 26 ‘96 - Pin Collecting Family takes DAT to James Bowers to master onto 3 CDs.

late July ‘96 - change name to MindOpenShallow July 29 ‘96 - auditioned "alex van halen" on drums.....didn’t work out

Aug 1 ‘96 - auditioned "boy wonder" on drums....played pretty well....thought we had something

Aug 7 ‘96 - boy wonder says he can’t make rehearsal.....no more boy wonder....Derek (drummer from 351 Cleveland) steps in for the rehearsal....plays heavier style than MindOpenShallow

mid Aug ‘96 - frustrated, Craig says he’ll learn drums....band changes name to WAYSIDE

early Sept - Craig starts drumming at reheasals....it’s apparent that he’ll rock

Dec 7 ‘96 - WAYSIDE’s first gig (and Craig's debut as drummer) -- the Vancouver Press Club with speedbump - good turnout of friends, a nervous yet tight performance

1997

Jan 18 ‘97 - the Columbia Hotel with Dorothy Missing & speedbump - Chris enjoys performance but Craig and Hemmes suffering from snowboard trip exhaustion

Mar 1 ‘97 - the Vancouver Press Club with the Koz - average show with good turnout

Mar 8 ‘97 - Totem Ballroom, UBC - fairly good reaction from mostly "hostile" crowd - played second set after extended stay in beer garden

Mar 21 ‘97 - the Highland Pub, SFU with Wayne Templeton - weak turnout - average performance - impressed sound guy enough that he wanted to keep in touch with the band for future considerations

Mar 22 ‘97 - the Columbia Hotel with Return to Zero & speedbump - great gig - great reception from good sized "hostile" crowd

Apr 4 ‘97 - Arts Bzzr Garden, Buchanan Lounge, UBC with Forget Your Face - mixed reactions from our most diverse audience (and probably our largest to date)

May 12 ‘97 - the Mighty Niagara with Fuel, Elephant Gun, & ? - good reaction from average sized crowd

May 30 ‘97 - record 5 songs live at First Music over the course of 7 hours

June 3 ‘97 - the Brickyard with Clockwork & Hydrogen Dog - best gig to date - great reaction from good sized crowd - received compliments from management who promised to have the band back on a busier night

July 16 '97- Web Café show with South of Main and Saturnhead (headlining) proves to be best gig to date - larger draw than at Brickyard and show is broadcast live over the Internet - first time band plays a collaboration (written by Chris and Craig) with verse vocals from Craig

Aug 15 '97 - Web Cafe show with Sing Sing Dead Man and Jason Howell - one month after their last Web gig Wayside is back headlining a Friday night - band puts on solid show but encounters new obstacles associated with headlining a show.