Scott starts to re-wrap old drums, taking a small corner of Grandma Judy's basement in Dudley, MA

Mike creates the SJC Drums logo, which is still used to this day, exactly as he made it on his computer in his bedroom, which would turn into his office for the next few years

Mike, Scott, and a few of their friends set up a booth at the Vans Warped Tour on the Boston, MA stop

After building kits for just themselves, Mike and Scott start to get their first artists. Some of these clients inclue Justin Muir - Monty Are I, Tony Roberto, Pat Dee, Zippi - Grover Dill, Nick Smith, Kyle Adams, Andrew Cook - The Receiving End Of Sirens, Mike Grilli - The Cadence, Ian Hoey, and Nick Angelini - A Wilhelm Scream

Mike and his band No Trigger head into the studio with the 2nd ever made SJC kit. This would later help set the stage for Mike to get the word out about SJC around the world

With demand growing, Mike and Scott took more than half of their Grandmother's basement to produce more drums

Mike's best friend Bryan, and local college student Pat McDonald, start helping around the shop making drums, run errands, and going to shows with Mike

Out of his college dorm room at UMass Dartmouth, Mike starts contacting bands about playing SJC Drums. This year the brothers made drums for some of their favorite bands: Strike Anywhere, The Aquabats, and Streetlight Manifesto. These relationships would help SJC over many years to come, and would also get Mike and Scott the chance to tour with The Aquabats.. a chance neither of them thought they'd ever have!

Mike also lined up another connection that would help over many years to come. In October he attended a show at the Palladium in Worcester, MA to meet up with Rob Hitt of Midtown. At that show, he also met and befriended Spencer Peterson (Hidden In Plain View), The Butcher (The Academy Is...), and Aaron Stern (Matchbook Romance).. relationships that proved to help SJC until this day.

Scott, coming from the University of Southern Maine, and Mike, coming from UMass Dartmouth, continue to drive back and forth from college to Grandma's basement to make more and more drums. Over the summer they expand into all of Grandma's basement, and even expanded storage, powdercoating, and painting into an old mill building in CT just minutes from their Dudley, MA shop.

Mike and Jon (Guitarist of No Trigger, also attended UMass Dartmouth), met Scott and the shop one school night to build a snare for Mike Novak of Every Time I Die. Mike and Jon delivered the snare the next night at the Living Room in Providence, RI

This is one of the biggest years for SJC Drums, as they saw a lot of growth and success through their artists. Spencer Smith and Panic! At The Disco played on the MTV VMA's, the first time SJC Drums had ever been on TV, a huge accomplishment for Mike and Scott

Through Mike's contacts with The Aquabats and A Wilhelm Scream by making their drums, his band No Trigger got signed to Nitro Records. This allowed for Mike to leave college and tour the country, putting the SJC name in every drummers ear that he met. The band would then go on to tour with The Aquabats, record with legendary Bill Stevenson of the Descendents and Black Flag (and make a kit for his studio - The Blasting Room), and tour all over the world.

Scott and Mike announced the first Series drums, realizing that they never wanted to mass produce drums overseas, but wanted to make SJC Drums available and affordable to every drummer, they made a dozen kits at once, thus making their cost on the parts lower by buying and producing in bulk. This would later lead to a large demand for their Series drums.

The Butcher of The Academy Is... approached Mike with one of the craziest ideas on a drum. He wanted a drum that none of the hardware could be visible. We knew the Butcher loved wood hoops and organic, vintage looking drums, so Mike gave Scott the drawing and info, and Scott made the first ever Butcher hoop kit. The name easy to coin, after the Butcher himself, and so our relationship with Andy "the Butcher" Mrotek was born, as was one of the coolest and most innovative drum designs.

Luke Abbey of the Gorilla Biscuits called Mike to design a kit for the bands' reunion shows.

2007 was another great year for SJC to grow. Mike and Scott moved from Grandma's Basement down the road into a 4,000 sq ft building.

Mike & Scott were featured on Fox25 News "Zip Trip" where they go to a local business and show what they do. This is the first time Mike & Scott were on TV

Mike & Scott hired a handful of their first ever employees this year, many of whom still work at SJC today.

Sound Attak and Poole Percussion started carrying SJC in their stores in London, UK. These dealers are still the biggest SJC has and they've become family across the pond.

The Swellers helped SJC moved into their new warehouse. Touring on their CD "My Everest," they stayed over the Ciprari house, and helped moved to the new warehouse using their van and trailer.

The crew attends their first NAMM show in Anaheim, CA.. They rented a Budget truck and Jon and PJ drove the booth display across the country while the rest of the crew flew.

SJC launched their brand new website and first of it's kind interactive Virtual Kit Designer with the help of longtime friend Brad Filip

SJC was honored and proud to win the Custom Drum Company of the year in the DRUM! Magazine Drummies awards

SJC makes a big appearance at the 2008 Drummerlive show, displaying a ton of new awesome products with Sound Attak and Poole Percussion

SJC proudly takes home the Custom Drum Company of the year award once again from DRUM! Magazines Drummies.

The crew celebrates being around for 10 years. SJC sponsored the return of The Receiving End of Sirens show in Providence, RI and the return of Skatefest in Worcester, MA @ the Palladium.

Longtime SJC artist Robin DiMaggio lands the gig as house drummer for George Lopez' new TBS show "Lopez Tonight" SJC is proudly on late night TV every night!

One of the most memorable TV moments for SJC is when Charles Haynes played on the Grammys live with Lady Gaga and Elton John.. such an amazing experience for all of us at SJC!
WATCH HERE!

The crew moves into a new 12,000 sq ft facility with larger offices and manufacturing area to help continue to grow. They begin making more drums than ever before in just a short period of time.

After making a new kit for Branden Steineckert of Rancid, he asks Mike to drum tech for him on the Blink182 arena tour across Canada. Mike heads out on tour for 2 weeks with Rancid, Against Me! and Blink182 teching for Branden.

The SJC crew is settled into a new workshop making more drums than ever

SJC wins runner up for Custom Drum Builder of the year in the DRUM! Magazine Drummies

SJC launches a brand new website with many new features they've been working on for the past few years.

See the video on Vimeo!

Watch the trailer on YouTube

SJC wins DRUM! Magazine's DRUMMIES "Custom Drum Builder of the Year" award for the 3rd time!

SJC wins DRUM! Magazines DRUMMIES "Custom Drum Company of the Year" award for the 4th time! Thank you all for your support!

SJC Opens a Satellite Office in Huntington Beach, CA!