The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua, who are both vocalists and guitarists in the band. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg on bass guitar and Marc Dodd on drums under their original name of Blisse. The Afters are currently promoted through INO records and Columbia Records. The band's sophomore project was released this past winter.