Hailing from Murfreesboro, TN, How I Became the Bomb are a band blending vintage synth pop and jittery indie rock with influences ranging from spaghetti Western movie scores and video game music to ABBA and Electric Light Orchestra to create music that's witty, smart, and just a little unnerving. How I Became the Bomb were launched in 2005, when Jon Burr (vocals) and Andy Spore (drums), friends who were attending Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, got together one evening to make some music for the fun of it. Burr's roommate Denis Deck joined in on guitar, and ...