3OH!3

Sean Matthew Foreman and Nathaniel Carpenter Motte met in a physics class at the University of Colorado. They formed the band soon after. In April 2008 the band signed with Photo Finish Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records).
The members were inspired by the underground hip-hop scene and Foreman, then a member of the band Eight Hour Orphans, invited Motte to mix some beats with him. The two were helped early on by friendships they had made with local acts such as Grace Gale, Signal to Noise and The Blackout Pact. As Motte puts it, "We had it pretty easy. We had a lot of friends in bands who chaperoned us around and got us shows, and that was enough hype or buzz to get us going on our own."
The band has opened for Snoop Dogg and Sid Hyet several times. After playing the Denver leg of Warped Tour in 2007, 3OH!3 signed on for all venues of Warped Tour 2008 with the exception of Philadelphia on July 25. Their song "Punk Bitch" is featured on the Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation. The band has also played at national festivals such as Bamboozle Left and the Pemberton Festival in British Columbia. 3OH!3 commonly use skits and costumes during their live concerts and are known for their energetic shows
3OH!3's debut on Photo Finish Records, Want, was released on July 8, 2008.
In 2008, their songs "Starstrukk" and "Don't Trust Me" were featured on two separate episodes of The Hills, and they performed "Don't Trust Me" on Last Call with Carson Daly on November 13th.