 The band formed upon the breakup of JamisonParker and was originally called Dance With The Dead, this was strictly a solo project of Covington.Covington would later change the name of the project to "Covington," and release a number of demos under that moniker.He then recruited touring musicians and began playing under the name "E For Explosion," a name chosen because of Covington's admiration of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.