Detachment Kit was started in Chicago, IL in 1999, by Toddrick Spalding (drums), Josh Hight (bass guitar), and Ian Menard (vocals, guitar, previously of Caesar's Glass Box). Toddrick met Charlie Davis III through his roommates and the band was completed. They were all art school students, Hight (video/film) and Spalding (graphic design) attended Columbia College and Menard (painting/photography) and Charlie H. Davis III (lead guitar/painting/drawing) attended Art Institute of Chicago. The band recorded a demo soon after the line up congealed which was released as the
Attacks On Bright America EP in 2001 on limited 10" vinyl on Chris Newmyer's Self-Starter Foundation label. Original Detachment Kit bass player Josh Hight later went on to form IRONS. In January 2010, Menard and Charlie Davis started a new band with Jess Birch (of Watchers) called BRONZE, releasing their self-titled debut EP in May 2010. Detachment Kit toured extensively, playing on the same bill as bands such as
Les Savy Fav,
Sparta,
Thursday,
My Morning Jacket,
Burning Brides,
The Walkmen,
Hot Hot Heat,
Coheed and Cambria,
Cursive,
Guided by Voices,
The Dismemberment Plan, and
Jimmy Eat World. ==Musical style==