Formed in 1987 by Schlauderaff and Dobratz.Lesh recorded "Nightingale" in 1987 with band member Jeff Watt (Urge Overkill).As well as recording five full length EP's,two acoustic albums,one live album, shooting four professional videos and performing countless live shows;Schlauderaff and Dobratz built "Lesh Studio's" in 1994.The bands own state of the art recording studio,nestled in the center of a 30 acre forest on the Crow river,mn.Recording and producing solo projects with such artists as Urge Overkill,Modest Mouse,All The Pretty Horses and Sam Andrews(guitarist of Big Brother/Janis Joplin)Lesh is currently back in the studio recording thier six album (to be released in the fall of 2008).