DVS (DEVIOUS) FORMED UNDER UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.. GUITARIST/VOCALIST WADE THOMAS AND BASS PLAYER TOMMY SHAVEN HAD ALREADY STARTED WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE NUCLEUS OF DVS. SEARCHING FOR A LEAD VOCAL/2ND GUITARIST, MITCH MCCLAIN WAS ALSO SEARCHING HIMSELF FOR A BAND TO PERFORM THE SONGS HE HAD ALREADY SPENT MONTHS WRITING. BY WAY OF AN OLD DRUMMER, MITCH WAS INTRODUCED AND DVS FORMED IN FEBRUARY 2005.