While they figured out how to master their instruments, they listened to the likes of The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Unrest, The Jesus and Mary Chain and began writing songs together. The Prids, whose moniker derives from a nickname David had for Mistina, was born.

The two left Missouri after a few years, bouncing around the backwaters of Midwest scenes in Lincoln and Omaha before finally settling in Portland, Oregon in the late '90s.
David and Mistina continued writing songs together, releasing the Duracraft and Glide, Screamer EPs in 2000 and 2002 and their debut LP, Love Zero in 2003. Somewhere in between, the two fell in love, got married and divorced. Like other songwriting couples before them, they continued creating music together and today remain the best of friends.

The Prids released their second full length, ...Until the World is Beautiful. The album nailed down the heart-bursting reverie of their live show, an experience matched by few. With a hypnotic and commanding sound full of lush, pounding rhythms, the record was an exponential build on all the things David and Mistina had been affected by in rock 'n' roll - music that is drunk on sadness, finds beauty in letting go and keeps hope alive when things fall apart. In 2007, The Prids released their Something Difficult EP and a year later, keyboardist Maile Arruda joined the group, completing their current lineup.

In April 2009, Dots to Connect, a Prids tribute album was released. A Place to Bury Strangers, The Upsidedown, The Suffocation Keep and 15 other bands all contributed their covers of Prids' songs for the record.

Back in the studio, The Prids are currently working on new material for a summer release. If their prior work is any indication of what's to come for this dynamic four piece, we are all in for a treat.