After some changes in the bands line up, and playing around with a stage name, Jackson was a solo artist. and at this time Britton and Ronnie had a band that went by Anti-Gravity that had ended due to differences, and had just been jamming out and bugging neighbors. Then in the summer of 2016, Britton and Ronnie were spontaneously in the band after jamming out in the garage one day. And Manta Rays got another accidental start playing house shows in a friend’s garage, inviting friends to come and listen for an hour of their time and suddenly, this started a following of people, and with each house show more and more people showed up. With time and connections the band had with one another, they looked at it as an opportunity to share good music with people.