All Time Low is an American pop punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2003. The band consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zachary Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson. The band's name is taken from lyrics in the song "Head on Collision" by New Found Glory. Formed while still in high school in 2003, All Time Low started covering songs by pop punk bands such as Blink-182. They later had their first record deal became signed to Emerald Moon Records in 2004 and released their first EP, titled The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End later that same year. The band later released their debut studio album, The Party Scene, in July 2005. Before graduating from high school in 2006, All Time Low scored another record deal, this time, with Hopeless Records. The band said in an interview that they were starting to get serious about music while in their senior year of high school, before releasing the Put Up or Shut Up EP in July 2006. The EP entered the Independent Albums chart at #20 and the Top Heatseekers at #12. All Time Low later began a "busy" tour for the EP in late 2006. After the tour, the band began writing material for their second studio album.