Starks and Sarah Familiar are the co-founders of MT Threat, and Diego Galvan of the band A Better Problem is the third member of the collective. All three artists, who are in their early- to mid-20s, came up together in the local music scene, playing in shows together at downtown venues like The Trunk Space and The Pueblo Revival.
When shows started getting canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus, Starks and Familiar created MT Threat as an opportunity not just for themselves, but for other artists in the community.
“The main thing for Dylan and me is that we didn’t know how to get started,” says Familiar. “We didn’t know how to get art for albums or get our pictures taken for artist pages. It was really just about creating a place where we could assist musicians.”