Guitarist/vocalist Dan Fanelli and drummer Ken Wallin attended junior high school together in the early '80s in a suburb of Chicago. While in high school, the two friends began jamming and said if they ever released an album, it would be titled Land of the El Caminos. The idea for the name came from a vision the pair had of a fictional place where the famous muscle car was the prominent focus. The jam sessions soon came to an end when Fanelli and Wallin went their separate ways in 1988 to attend college. In 1994, Fanelli returned to Chicago and began writing new original compositions and recording them on his four-track. Two years later, Wallin also returned to Chicago and reunited with Fanelli as a two-piece to perform in area bars. The duo dubbed themselves Land of the El Caminos, after their fictional album title from eight years prior.
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