Pop-punkers Home Grown formed in 1993 in Orange County, CA. Comprising singer/bassist Adam Lohrbach, singer/guitarist John "John E. Trash" Tran, guitarist Ian Cone, and drummer Bob Herco, the group debuted in 1995 with "Mean Street," a track on the Liberation Records compilation Punk Sucks; the label then issued Home Grown's full-length debut, That's Business, later that same year. The EP Wusappaning?! followed in 1996, after which the group signed to the major label Outpost to release 1998's Act Your Age.