watashi wa began in the winter of 1996 and consisted of four friends; Seth Roberts who was 13, Denny Raike who was 13, Brendan Alvord who was 14, and his little brother Kevin who was 12. Seth met Brendan at winter camp because they both had a crush on the same girl. But they soon became good friends and realized that they both shared a love of music. Getting inspiration from bands such as MxPx, Value Pac, Ghoti Hook, Ninety Pound Wuss, Green Day, Dogwood, Weezer, The Supertones, and others, they learned to play guitar together and, because there wasn