Cleveland rock band Founding Fathers formed in 2009 and consist of John Kalman (guitar/vocals), John Neely (guitar), Carol Schumacher-Yachanin (Bass) and Stanton Thatcher (drums). Guitarist Neely recruited the Fathers from familiar ground, bringing in his former Tokyo Storm Warning bandmate Stanton Thatcher on drums and his fellow Grog Shop employee/habitué John Kalman on guitar and vocals. Kalman's desire to switch to guitar from bass (his instrument in the late and sorely missed Roué) led to a bass-player search that ended in the enlistment of former journeyman Carol Schumacher-Yachanin, and the band finally started rehearsing its hybrid of post-punk, indie and shoegaze last January.