Developing in June of 1999, the Australia-based Guernica started with vocalist Mikael Hines, guitarist Jason Hodge, bassist Kosta, and drummer Sam Spurgeon. Guernica released a self-titled one in 2000, nonetheless it wasn’t before band gained a competition to record unsigned performers in Dec of 2001 that they obtained some nationwide press. They flew to Sydney to record Pins and Fine needles that month, plus a few even more songs.. The solitary was incorporated with an Australian publication, but was internationally released in the summertime of 2002.