John Holy and Tim Fields met while playing together in ZoundBoX. When ZB’s lead singer moved to Japan in APR ’06, ZB disbanded. John and Tim made the decision to persevere and they found Jason Myers through Craig’s List. Jason was brought in for lead vocals and rhythm guitar. GTA found Jim Mueller, also through Craig’s List, and he was hired to play the bass. This is the lineup that would become GTA. For a short period, they continued as ZoundBoX but by the time they played their first show in MAY ’06, they were officially "Grand Theft Audio," a name that came from Jason. Within the first few months, GTA morphed into the ALT/Hard-Rock dynamic that they are today. In NOV ’06, Jason learned that he had been accepted into the U.S. Navy’s Officer Candidate Program and would be required to leave Oahu. The search for his replacement immediately began and while singers were hard to find, Jason’s rhythm guitar position was quickly filled. Tim knew Ken Roberts through work and he joined GTA in DEC ’06 as the rhythm guitarist. After running into Keoni Maiwela at a show, Keoni suggested to Tim that GTA call his wife Ruth Maiwela (formerly of "Full Circle") about singing and after doing so, Ruth accepted the invitation to become the voice of GTA. During the transition from Jason to Ruth, Keoni (also formerly of "Full Circle," "Surf Psycho Sexy," & "Rail") was asked to take over the bass guitar duties. Although he had never played the bass in a band environment, he accepted the invitation and took over in JAN ’07 while Ruth officially took the reigns in FEB ’07. Ken moved to Seattle in APR ’07 and GTA found Anthony "Tone" Buhain... surprise...through Craig’s List, and he joined in May ’07, finally solidifying GTA’s line-up. However, in DEC ’07, Ruth announced that she was pregnant and the auditions started shortly after that. After 6 weeks of searching, Ezekiel Gonda was asked to fill in for Ruth.
