July 6th, 1984: Big Dave is born James David Ryan.
February 11th, 1986: Jimmy Jams is born James Hager.
August 17th, 1986: Stokeums MacBooty is born Chris Stokley.
May 13th, 1988: Cornbread McCarter is born Chris Carter.
August, 1996: Jimmy Jams and Stokeums MacBooty meet in their 5th grade class. They have been best friends ever since.
August 1999: Jimmy Jams and Stokeums both meet Big Dave. Jimmy Jams and Big Dave hate each other.
August 2001: Jimmy Jams and Big Dave finally become friends.
Late 2001: While in Gym Class, Jimmy Jams and his friend Daniel Cotton watch a demonstration by the Electric Company. They explode a stick of Pepperoni with a live power cable. The boys agree that "Electric Pepperoni Experience" would be a killer band name.
Late 2003: While watching their friends band (in the band were Steven Chapman of A Mob Liberace and Chris Sanders of White Lemon) Big Dave, Jimmy Jams, and Stokeums decide to form their own band. Fatticus is the name they decide on for their new cover band.
November 2003: Noticing all the guitars of his stepdad's in the house, Cornbread McCarter decides to learn how to play. He wanted to write songs.
December 2003: Fatticus has their first practice. Big Dave plays a child sized guitar, Stokeums a rented bass, and Jimmy Jams beats on a couch and lamp shades. They "play" Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" and All American Rejects "Swing Swing".
December 25th, 2003: Big Dave gets his Electric Guitar for Christmas. Jimmy Jams and Stokeums both thought the $100 First Act was the coolest thing ever.
February 2004: Jimmy Jams and Stokeums buy their instruments. Jimmy Jams gets an 8 piece Double Bass Pearl kit with Sabian Cymbals. Stokeums gets a Squire J-Bass with a York Ville Amp.
April 2004: Jimmy Jams and Stokeums agree to play in the band of Cornbread McCarter and Samantha Radcliff. Stokeums, Jimmy Jams, and Cornbread work on Nirvana's "Come as You Are" in their first practice. Sam never comes to practice. This marks the first time that the boys that became EPE played with each other.
May 2004: Jimmy Jams and Stokeums get pulled over on their way back to Stokeums' house. This would be important in terms of band names.
June 11th, 2004: Cornbread officially joins Fatticus. The band changes it's name to Speed Violation 157. That day they wrote their first song titled "Candygram". This would mark the last time Big Dave played with the band (he now serves as camera man and friend to the band. He is known as "Roadie Dave") and the last time Cornbread played with the band for over a year.
Early 2005: Jimmy Jams and Stokeums get together to play music. The play along with an acoustic version of Lit's "My Own Worst Enemy".
July 2005: Jimmy Jams, Cornbread, and Stokeums get together and play their first practice in over a year. The decide to start calling themselves "The Nichvegas Incident". They write their first original "Fabulous". Soon after in the same month came "Animal". While they were both VERY primative, they have since become signature songs for the band.
October 2005: Jimmy Jams writes "Into the Darkness" with his good friend Chris Edwards. EPE would later add it to their set.
January 2006: Stokeums and Jimmy Jams begin work on "Black Rum". Their friend Tony Gamm added a line, and the song was born.
February 2006: After a year of bitching, Stokeums and Cornbread finally agree to let Jimmy Jams change the name of the band to "The Electric Pepperoni Experience".
March 25th, 2006: EPE makes their live debut at America's Best Karate in Nicholasville, KY. They drew drew 9 people. The entire thing is filmed.
June 19th, 2006: EPE writes and records a rough Demo for "When the Lightning Strikes Again".
August 5th, 2006: Rockin' the Ridge 2006 is held with EPE as the sole act. They play a longer set and sound much better than their last gig. The entire show and soundcheck is filmed.
September 2006: "Super Human Hero Space Bums" is added to the EPE set.
October 31, 2006: "Seduction of the Internet: A Detention Hall Tribute to KISS" is released. It features Jimmy Jams and Stokeums sharing Lead vocals on "Let Me Know". Jimmy Jams also does vocals on "Beth" and "Black Diamond" and contributed drums to "Do You Love Me?". Jimmy Jams also did the outro for the album.
November 21, 2006: EPE makes their return to the stage at East Jessamine High School. Also on the bill: Marshall Branch, Better Outside Kansas, A Mob Liberace (Then known as A Golden Age), and Pauper. The entire EPE set, with the exception of a few cuts, is filmed.
December 17th 2006: EPE adds both "Everytime I See Your Face" and "Drivin' Me Crazy" to their song list.
January 1st, 2007: EPE plays a party hosted by the band "Fitch Lane". Ironically, Fitch Lane included Daniel Cotton, who helped come up with the name "Electric Pepperoni Experience". Both EPE and Fitch Lane were filmed.
February 9th, 2007: EPE plays a show at the Blue Building in Nicholasville, KY. Also on the bill were Marshall Branch, Pauper, A Mob Liberace, and Oxford Farm Report. As a special surprise, Stokeums and Jimmy Jams joined Steven Chapman and Adamn Cowan from AML to form "The Electric Liberace Experience". They covered Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" Both EPE and ELE were filmed.
March 2007: Jimmy Jams contacts the Jessamine Journal regarding a article on the local music scene. Interviews are done and pictures are taken, but the article never happened.
April 26th, 2007: EPE sits down and irons out many differences. It is filmed though it is unclear if the film will ever be released.
April 27th, 2007: Due to transportation problems, EPE is forced to cancel their apperance at the Garrard County Fairgrounds show.
June 7th, 2007: Both "She's Gone" and "Quicksilver" are finished. Also on this day, Stokeums announces that the upcoming show would probably be his last.
June 27th, 2007: Jimmy Jams and Stokeums attend the Def Leppard/Styx/Foreigner show in Cincinatti. Stokeums decides to stay in the band.
Early July 2007: Cornbread decides to leave the band for personal reasons. He says his last show will be July 14th.
July 14th, 2007: Rockin' the Ridge 2007 takes place. EPE plays an awesome set, and ELE also plays (covering Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and Coheed and Cambria's "Blood Red Summer"). It is unclear whether or not Cornbread will be leaving. Other acts include Sarah Corman, Marshall Branch, A Mob Liberace, White Lemon, and Mad Anthony.
July 18th, 2007: Cornbread announces that he WILL be staying in the band!
July 22nd, 2007: The first addition of this time line is completed.
August 24th, 2007: EPE plays a show with A Mob Liberace, Better Outside Kansas, White Lemon, and Mad Anthony at the Blue Building in Nicholasville, KY. It would prove to be AML's last show.
October 22nd, 2007: Adam Cowan (Formerly of A Mob Liberace and Marshall Branch) joins EPE on Rhythm guitar.
April 2010: EPE Reunites for a Series of Summer shows and adds Luscious Lance on Guitar!
