Mkshft (pronounced 'make-shift') has been compared to bands in all genres of the rock music spectrum, while blending (instead of watering down) their own mix of intergalactic low-end fury and sonic beauty. The guitars surge, swell, and thunder through down-tuned rigs and amps made for bass guitar. The drums and cymbals are pounded to death in bashy trick-beats and double-kick rolls. Their live show is one that is full of both kinetic and potential energy, creating a dynamic style that's truly their own. All these elements are combined effortlessly on the band's 2001 EP, Caterwaul Effect. Mkshft started with Brian and Craig Borchers as two young brothers with a desire to create. Writing and recording since they were in grade school, they went through several incarnations of styles involving a high turnover rate of fellow musicians. The brothers remained the backbone of the group, and picked up Robert Bock in 1996, originally as a bass player. The group settled upon the name Mkshft, comparing the term to the natural shifting of matter that occurs in the universe (i.e. lungs breathing, blood circulating, galaxies colliding). In 1998, the power trio decided to expand its guitar arsenal. Robert moved to co-guitarist and in comes Peter Gedvilas. An accomplished punk-rocker in his own right, Peter was skilled in speed punk guitar AND drums. Filling him in on bass was the final move in creating Mkshft's thunder-rock sound. Officially ended in 2002. Unfortunately, no recordings would be made of the final step in the band's evolution.