During the promotion tour for Can't Close My Eyes" (1985), Youth of Today's debut EP, original drummer Darren Pesce left the band.



Tom Carroll (from Straight Ahead) replaced him on drums, but only for a while: during Youth Of Today's second tour Tom left, and Drew Thomas,

drummer of brotherband Crippled Youth, was asked to finish the rest of the tour.



Drew Thomas also played on the first full-length Youth Of Today album, titled "Break Down The Walls" which was released by Wishing Well Records.



Soon after recording the album Drew was replaced by Mike "Judge" Ferraro, who left at the end of 1987.