Mat Young, former skinsman with CH3 and ADZ, one day met with Brody Armstrong, a punk guitarist with the snotty Sourpuss from her native Melbourne, Australia. Soon the damage was done: they decided to form The Distillers.



Possessed with the original spirit of punk rock, and taking energy and aggression to levels far beyond what most like-minded bands display on records today.



Despite all enthousiastic reviews of their debut album, drummer Mat Young and bassist Kim Chi left the fold in 2001 to play in a band named Original Sinners. Young was replaced by Andrew Granelli, better known as Andy Outbreak.