 Recorded over six weeks in late 2004 , Commit This to Memory was created largely at Seedy Underbelly Studios , a suburban home converted into a studio in Los Angeles ' Valley Village region . The album was written partially in their hometown of Minneapolis and partially in Los Angeles , during a period in which frontman Justin Pierre was seeking treatment for alcohol abuse . He hoped for his lyricism to better emphasize storytelling , inspired by the lyrics of Tom Waits , Ben Folds and John K. Samson . Hoppus mainly worked with the band on completing song arrangements . 
