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The band was formed in late 1993 by Chris Ballew ( bass guitar and lead vocals ) and Dave Dederer ( guitar and backup vocals ), who met while attending The Bush School in Seattle.

Initially a drummerless duo, Ballew and Dederer performed a half-dozen or so shows in 1993 as " The Lo-Fis ", " The Dynamic Duo ", and " Pure Frosting.

" Ballew eventually came upon the name " The Presidents of the United States of America.

" Shortly after settling on their name, Ballew and Dederer added drummer Jason Finn ; the band played their first show as a trio at Seattle's Romper Room in early December 1993.

At the time, Finn was also the drummer in the band Love Battery, who had recently changed record labels from Sub Pop to Atlas Records, an A & M subsidiary.