Shaun and Bryan form Scarlet's Sonata, with both sharing lead vocals and guitar duties.
Scarlet's Sonata records I'll Bring the Gun, You Bring the Bullet at Pus Cavern in Sacramento, California. The EP features six songs.
"High Heel & Dangerous Streets" and "Burning in the Distance" are featured on KRXQ 98 Rock's Local Licks.
Scarlet's Sonata disbands.
Shaun and Bryan form Black It Out as a two-piece, picking up where Scarlet's Sonata left off. The two wrote and performing every instrument themselves.
The duo begins recording Trapped in a Sea of Emotion.
Black It Out releases Trapped in a Sea of Emotion, a five-song EP.
Bryan forms If Looks Could Kill as guitarist, with Shaun joining on bass.
If Looks Could Kill enters Weston House Recording in Sacramento, California (now MCG Audio Foundry) to record its debut album.
During the recording process, the band disbands due to creative differences, leaving the album unfinished and unreleased.
Shaun begins writing new Black It Out material, but Bryan has stepped away from music and isn't ready to return.
Shaun writes "Reflections," and Bryan agrees to help record the song.
The project reignites their creative partnership and inspires them to begin writing together again.
Black It Out releases its first full-length album, Resurgence, featuring nine tracks.
The duo also releases its first original Christmas song, "Merry Christmas (Don't Get Me Anything)."
Shaun and Bryan revisit their favorite unreleased If Looks Could Kill songs, re-recording them as Black It Out.
Black It Out releases the If Looks Could Kill EP, featuring four reimagined songs.
The duo releases another original Christmas song, "The War on Christmas."
Black It Out releases a new version of "There's Not Enough Penicillin," originally featured on Trapped in a Sea of Emotion, with guest appearances from All Systems Go.
The band releases "Live, Laugh, Love" featuring Andy Negative.
Black It Out also releases an updated version of "Dressed in Plastic."
Shaun and Bryan decide that the name Black It Out no longer reflects the band's evolving sound and officially rename the project King of Cups.
King of Cups releases "Back to You," the first single from the upcoming album Elemental.
Later that year, the band releases "Missing You," the album's second single.
Shaun and Bryan continue writing, refining, and recording songs for Elemental.
King of Cups releases "Watch the World Burn."
The band follows with "Waited."
"Lighthouse" is released and becomes the band's most popular single to date.
King of Cups also releases its third original Christmas song, "Naughty List All Year."
King of Cups releases "Keeper of the Flame."
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of I'll Bring the Gun, You Bring the Bullet, Scarlet's Sonata releases a special anniversary edition featuring the original six songs, three demos, and four newly reimagined versions with King of Cups listed as a collaborative artist.
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