The foundations of Alternative Rock band APRIL SIXTH were laid down in 2001 when guitarists Robert Geiser and Brian Marquez started jamming at the Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California. Later that year they would hook up with Christopher 'Snaps' McCracken through a chance meeting at a local coffee shop where McCracken was performing a 2½ hour acoustic set. During a break in the performance, Geiser and Marquez approached McCraken and asked if he wanted to be a part of the band that they were forming. The singer agreed and the trio began writing and rehearsing material in a barn under the moniker of CORNERSTONE. McCracken though would continue performing his own acoustic-based material with his side project BLUE SCREEN.

After recruiting a bassist and drummer the band decided to test their songs at a few gigs at local high schools before booking their first club gig. At this juncture the band decided to change their name to APRIL SIXTH. In December 2002 former MINDROT and SAVE FERRIS drummer Evan Kilbourne joined the band, and soon after was joined by bassist Joey Caligiuri. In early 2003, with a new line-up, APRIL SIXTH began demoing new material and caught the attention of Dan Estrin, guitarist of HOOBASTANK. Estrin passed on a demo to producer Howard Benson (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, P.O.D., HOOBASTANK, PAPA ROACH) at Elektra Records, who was so impressed by what he heard that it led to the band signing to the label.

To promote the name of APRIL SIXTH, Elektra released the 6 song 'Mariposa Ave.' EP, comprising of previously recorded material, in November 2003. Then under the guidance of Benson, the band entered the studio in Los Angeles to begin work on their debut full-length album. However, with the album completed and tentatively scheduled for a Summer 2004 release, APRIL SIXTH would suffer a major setback when it was learnt that due to cutbacks at the label the band had been dropped from the Elektra roster.

Armed with a finished product, APRIL SIXTH eventually secured a new record deal in early 2005 with Columbia Records. By this time Caligiuri and Kilbourne had been replaced by bassist Scott Sorenson and ex-DIE TRYING drummer Matt Conley. McCracken meanwhile had started using the name Christopher Wade. The singer had also launched his own clothing line called 'Pink Is Punk Clothing'.

Columbia made several sampler tracks from the album, to be titled 'In Memory', available through the internet and along with the radio single, 'Dear Angel', raised the profile the band, backed by U.S. dates throughout May with CROSSFADE. The APRIL SIXTH debut album had been pencilled in for a Summer 2005 release date, but the band's frustrations with record label politics would continue as it was revealed that 'In Memory' would not now appear until October 25th. Undeterred, APRIL SIXTH were back on the road at the end of September as the band began a nationwide tour with headliners ALIEN ANT FARM only to find that the release of the album was once again pushed back, this time to January 2006. And events went from bad to worse when mid-way through the tour APRIL SIXTH headed back home to Southern California as it was revealed the band had, incredibly, once again been dropped by their record label. The latest logic-defying decision proved to be the straw that broke the camels back, as four days later, on October 12th 2005, came the announcement that APRIL SIXTH had reluctantly decided to call it a day.