From last.fm:

the lee family Curse was born in college basements around 1994 in St. Paul. Called ourselves the Bottomfeeders for a little while, till we learned that was a bar band in St. Louis. The new name was a nod to the supermanly royal family of Asian film, also described the way we all felt sometimes. We trucked our big amplifiers to the industrial parts of town where rehearsal spaces tend to be, back and forth to the Turf Club and 400 Bar. Then things got complicated. Read more on Last.fm