Talks of Payload began in the spring of 2008 when Vic and Ripa were partying abroad together. It wasn't until the summer of 2008 when the actual band was formed though.
Soon joined Toni, whom they both knew previously. The trio started to write material immediately and they also put an ad to a local musicians website for a keyboardist and a drummer.
After Henna and Jontte had joined the band the now five member group got themselves a place for
practice and they started to fine tune the material while Vic and Ripa kept working on new tunes. The band also added few classic cover tunes for fun even though the main focus remained on own music.
October of 2008 begun with high hopes. Band had done some intence practicing and the band decided to have a first official photo shoot, mainly to get some decent pictures to the website. Expectations were piling up and the band wanted to advance faster than it actually could.
By the November 2008 the band's lead vocalist Ripa, who was also the rhythm guitarist at the time didn't really keep up with the band's pace with the guitar and the band decided to search for a new guitarist. At that time also the bassist Toni didn't seem so keen to practice the band's material anymore, being new to
bass guitar it would've taken too much time from his hectic life and by the end of the month he decided to resign from the band after discussing with the band members of the situation.
After a few interviews and testouts Payload assigned Timo for the 2nd guitar and started to search for a new bass player. This wasn't as easy as it first seemed. Good available bass players who also had the right twisted personality to fit in the band just weren't around that much.
December 2008 began normally, band practiced the material they had and also wrote new material, still looking for the bassist. Talks of EP being recorded at the verge of next summer was rumbling the band and since there wasn't any suitable music to put to the website, no demo recorded, the band's new kid Timo reserved a demo studio for the band. The studio was set to be in beginning of March of 2009 leaving the band enough time to decide the tunes to be recorded and then fine tune the material. At the end of December the band retired for 3 week christmas holiday.
