MPFM began as a group formed in 2000 when Steffen alongside friend and co-founder Matt Steller entered their annual high school battle of the bands in late 2000 as a Bloodhound Gang cover band. They later left the physical band and continued to produce music on their home computers over the next few years. The group gained a small bit of local notoriety within their community by releasing an independent album on burned CD-Rs and playing shows within Flint, MI and the surrounding areas.

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