The Why Store was formed in the late 1980s in Muncie, Indiana, when Bassist Greg Gardner and Guitarist Michael David Smith, both Ball State University students, met up with Indianapolis Drummer Graig Adams. After being joined a couple months later by Lead Singer Chris Shaffer, also a Ball State student, the band played a few gigs as Emerald City. Adams left Emerald City in 1991 and was replaced by Drummer Charlie Bushor in 1992. That same year, the band switched to its present name, The Why Store, the name of a former Muncie haberdashery.
In 1993, the band independently recorded Welcome to the Why Store. One year later the band recorded Inside the Why Store. Both albums were locally successful, and The Why Store began getting attention from record labels. At this time, touring keyboard player Jeff Pedersen was made an official member of the group, and in 1995 The Why Store signed to MCA's subsidiary Way Cool Music for their first major-label effort, a self-titled LP, which was released...
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on Jan 31, 2008
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