▁the ▁singer . ▁He ▁was ▁into ▁the ▁idea ▁but ▁for ▁some ▁reason ▁he ▁ended ▁up ▁re unit ing ▁with ▁his ▁old ▁band ▁the ▁Det ours ▁instead ." ▁S oto ▁left ▁Agent ▁Orange ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁because ▁band le ader ▁Mike ▁Pal m ▁wouldn ' t ▁include ▁S oto ' s ▁songs ▁in ▁the ▁band ' s ▁set , ▁and ▁started ▁a ▁new ▁band ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁with ▁Brandenburg , ▁who ▁used ▁the ▁stage ▁name ▁Tony ▁Cad ena . ▁S oto ▁invited ▁R ikk ▁Ag new ▁to ▁join ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁group ; ▁he ▁decl ined ▁but ▁suggested ▁his ▁younger ▁brother ▁Frank . ▁"[ Fran k ] ▁was ▁ 1 5 ," ▁re called ▁Brandenburg ; ▁" Ste ve ▁told ▁Frank ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁putting ▁together ▁a ▁band ▁and ▁I ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁sing . ▁Frank ▁thought ▁I ▁was ▁kind a ▁weird ▁but ▁decided ▁to ▁try ▁it ▁out ▁anyway ". ▁The ▁line up ▁was ▁completed ▁with ▁guitar ist ▁John ▁O ' Don ovan ▁and ▁drum mer ▁Greg ▁Williams ▁( who ▁went ▁by ▁the ▁stage ▁name ▁Peter ▁Pan ), ▁and ▁the ▁new ▁group ▁began ▁pract icing , ▁first ▁in ▁Williams ' ▁gar age ▁and ▁then ▁at ▁the ▁Det ours ' ▁re he ars al ▁space , ▁a ▁modified ▁ch icken ▁co op ▁behind ▁a ▁house . ▁" The ▁band ▁made ▁life ▁live able ", ▁re called ▁Brandenburg ; ▁" High ▁school ▁was ▁still ▁hell , ▁and ▁when ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁people ▁found ▁out ▁I ▁was ▁in ▁a