Kobeir was formed after the breakup of the acoustic trio Gimp. The two remaining members, Dave and Dan, decided to venture off on their own and start up their own group. The first barrier they needed to overcome was the creation of a name. You may remember a shoe commercial a few years back featuring the decathletes Dave and Dan. Well, the Dave and Dan pictured above took the name of that shoe company, reversed it, and altered it slightly to avoid a lawsuit.

After they had agreed on a name, Kobeir began to play to small audiences. The first of these audiences were people who just happened to hear them as they passed by Dave and Dan's dorm room. Eventually Kobeir started playing a few club gigs near campus. During this time, numerous original songs were written and eventually released on their debut album Wish We Were Here.

Soon after the release of this album, Kobeir was asked by the group Lead Paint to be the opening act on their Delicious But Deadly Tour. Kobeir gladly accepted and spent the next 10 months touring numerous locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Some new material was produced during this tour, and immediately following the tour Kobeir returned to the studio. After such a lengthy road trip, recording this album proved to be a difficult two-man job. Kobeir hired a third guitarist, Henry "Hank" Jones, to help pick up some of the slack. With Hank's help, The Blank Album was finally released. The album went platinum within only a few weeks. However, this success was to be short-lived. Hank soon became addicted to propranolol after being diagnosed with glaucoma. He left the group and checked himself in to the Beta Blocker Center at the Betty Ford Clinic. Dave and Dan, shaken by the loss of their friend, managed to pull things together and keep Kobeir going strong. They teamed up with other artists to produce the album Hank's Song. This tribute album featured other famous artists performing their renditions of Hank's songs. The proceeds from this album were all donated to the fight against Beta Blocker addiction.

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The preceding tale of musical encounters is true. And by true, I mean false. It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer is "No."

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