[1] The Stitches began in 1994 as a 1970s-style punk rock band based out of Orange County, California and quickly gained notoriety as one of the early influential bands of Orange County punk rock. The Stitches are known as one of the most unpredictable, high-energy live acts around. Despite a large following, The Stitches have remained on independent labels, such as Disaster, Gold Standard Laboratories, Vinyl Dog, Suburbia, TKO, and Kapow.