Sean Dowdell and His Friends was founded 1991 in Phoenix / Arizona by Sean Dowdell (drums) and Chester Bennington (vocals), who is today known as one of the two vocalists of Linkin Park. They were joined by Chris Goad (guitar) and Jason Cekoric (bass guitar).

In 1992 the band recordet a self-titled demo cassette, on which there were three tracks: Painted Pictures, Kill the Flies and God's Afraid.

Sean Dowdell and His Friends played two shows:

Silver Dollar; Phoenix AZ; 1992.xx.xx

Greenway High School; Phoenix AZ; 1992.11.xx

The band split in 1993.