Nautical Alamanac was formed in 1994 by Nate Young and James Twig Harper in Michigan. It started as a rouge 'crash and smash' terror band, playing anywhere possible using confrontational social musical tactics. It quickly reformed into a 3 piece adding percussion member Sol Meltzer, under this new line up the band fell under the guide lines of rock. Being more accessible in form the ideas had to be pushed further so the focus of the band was on creating garbaged homemade instuments: Springs, clings, gutted electronics, metal, etc.