Imperative Reaction was originally founded in 1996 by Ted Phelps and David Andrecht from the remains of the band D.N.A. A demo tape titled Debris was originally released in 1996, but was eventually recalled and destroyed as the band chose to go a different direction. The band's first release was an immediately popular track called Persistent of Memory. The track was included on Possessive Blindfold Recordings Exoskeleton Vol. 1..   Wikipedia