▁As ▁Kelly ▁could ▁not ▁continue ▁with ▁M ire t ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁commit ments ▁with ▁Drop k ick ▁Mur phys , ▁M ire t ▁asked ▁Johnny ▁K ray ▁of ▁The ▁K ray s ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁Rel - X ▁to ▁join ▁on ▁drums . ▁After ▁a ▁couple ▁re he ars als , ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁a ▁band . ▁ ▁Their ▁first ▁recorded ▁appearances ▁were ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁with ▁" It ' s ▁Al right ", ▁from ▁the ▁six - song ▁demo ▁with ▁Matt ▁Kelly , ▁appearing ▁on ▁Sc ene ▁K iller ▁ 3 ▁and ▁covers ▁of ▁C ock ▁S par rer ' s ▁" Eng land ▁Bel ongs ▁to ▁Me " ▁( d ub bed ▁" New ▁York ▁Bel ongs ▁to ▁Me ") ▁and ▁Bl itz ' s ▁" V o ice ▁of ▁a ▁Generation " ▁appearing ▁on ▁The ▁World wide ▁T ribute ▁to ▁the ▁Real ▁O i ! ▁Volume ▁ 2 . ▁Their ▁debut ▁release ▁was ▁their ▁self - t itled ▁album , ▁which ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁The ▁band ' s ▁first ▁line up ▁change ▁came ▁with ▁Jo ey ▁N ails ▁replacing ▁Ri oux ▁on ▁bass ▁by ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁It ▁was ▁then ▁announced ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁that ▁Chris ▁Watson ▁replaced ▁N ails ▁and ▁then ▁Brian ▁Dar was ▁took ▁over ▁for ▁drums ▁as ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁leaving ▁only ▁M ire t ▁and ▁Kill ▁as ▁original ▁members