GOGO13 formed at the very end of 1993 in St. George, Utah. In fact their first show was at an impromptu New Year's Eve Party at Tyler and Parker's House that got way out of hand. They were St. George's first ska band and introduced the genre to a generation of youth who had never heard of it. Their influences included ska bands such as Madness, The Specials, The Skatalites, Operation Ivy and (at the time) more contemporary bands such as Swim Herschel Swim, Skankin' Pickle, The Nuckle Brothers and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.