After forming Wampire, Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps steadily began to make a name for themselves in the same Portland scene that has produced STRFKR as well as Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
It makes sense, then, that Wampire came to attention when the duo opened for STRFKR at a hometown Portland show and that Unknown Mortal Orchestra's bassist Jacob Portrait produced Wampire’s debut full-length, Curiosity.
