Singer/guitarist Ryan Sheely and bassist Sean Humeston formed the Christian punk rock group Value Pac while still in high school in 1995. The Orange County, SoCal, band started as "as a joke" and later turned into "an even bigger joke," Sheely would later say. Value Pac's very Christian self-titled debut was released on Tooth and Nail, and was soon followed by Jalapeno on Chordant, which featured more everyday lyrics and a punk-pop sound. In 1998, after drummer Ben Cater left for college and Sheely's mother died, the band broke up. But the following year Sheely and Humeston re...