Sneaking in the back door of a local scene full of hardcore, ska, and screamo as a four-piece political band, were quickly abbreviated to a three-piece by their second practice, commonly known as 9-11(September 11, 2001). The three standing members were Bill Gladstone, Derek Gladstone, and John Gladstone. Though, at the beginning, the focus of the songwriting was on political issues, as time progressed, more songs about break-ups and heartbreaks began to surface. The name of the band was, obviously, derived from the highly popular sit-com, Full House's original funny man, Joey Gladstone, played by the very hilarious Dave Coulier. The name at the time matched the attitude of the band: A few teens having some fun times messing around. Though, still today, the principle goal of The Gladstones is to have fun, recent debate about changing the name was stifled when the band began referring to each other as The Gstones.

After playing a few shows with an increasing audience, The Gladstones set out to record some of their songs: Ones with emphasis on politics, some songs about relationship downfalls, and some that were just a way to make a few people laugh. In attendance during the recording of the self-titled LP, was close friend, and long-time fan of The Gladstones, Tony Gladstone. Shortly following the release of the album, Tony began playing rhythm guitar for the band. With Tony's entrance to the band, the style of the music began to shift to a more emotionally charged pop punk. With the songs for "…Owe Jon Mumaw $5" written and more studio time reserved, The Gladstones played one last show before going in to track the EP. At the show, Alan Gladstone, also fan and close friend of the band made a surprise performance on vocals for "This One Goes Out To You". A few days following, he began singing full-time for The Gladstones. A few days following Alan's joining the band, The Gladstones successfully recorded the "…Owe Jon Mumaw $5" EP. Launching with the CD release party, The Gladstones began to play more and more shows in the Beaver County area.

Following a series of differences, including Alan evacuating the West Aliquippa Eagles' Club very effectively with a smoke bomb, The Gladstones decided to split right before the big show at Club M. Clearly, The Gladstones were absent from the show, but not gone from the scene completely. After a few short weeks, the band picked back up with new, and present, drummer, Tom Gladstone. With Tom in the band, The Gladstones would play a few shows at a couple new venues before the rigorous recording of the ten-song LP, "A Break In Every Heart". Some of the songs featured on the album represent the lyrical styling of new lead vocalist. During the recording of this album, there developed a much-needed closeness the band had been lacking since the beginning. The LP's recording and production was completed during a recession of shows. The Gladstones failed friends and fans not and kicked off what would later become a seemingly excessive amount of local and not-so-local shows. The large amount of shows in different areas assisted to feed the growing, ravenous crowd.

At press time, two weeks of studio time has been reserved for mid-July to record another LP.