Jason Elbogen, Jack Simpson, Johnny Breitzer, and Mike Kraus's Shepherd Kings started at Iowa's Grinnell College back in 1992, moved to Minneapolis, and had a five-year lifespan with a rotating cast of lame wavers including Julie Rowe, Sarah Quimby, Laura Waxman, Chris Valenty, Lisa Goldman, Mary Walz, and Heather Spear. They didn't own much of their own musical equipment, got fined every time they played, and were once even warned by the college president herself.