My Victim was created by Bill Storkson and Noel Jay in 1987 after being in bands together in High School in San Francisco, initially formed with Frank Bobadilla and Eric Stallman. After an extensive search for the right singer Torre Carstensen joined in 1989 at the age of 17.

My Victim went through several bass player changes starting with E. Stallman, then to JR Clegg, then to Ray Chandler and then again with Clegg. Drums were initially performed by Frank Bobadilla and taken over by Slade Anderson.

MyVictim played 100s of shows with bands like Metallica, Exodus,Violence, Death Angel, Deftones, Angel Witch, Heathen, Anvil Chorus, Possessed, Defiance, Mordred, Epidemic,Verbal Abuse, Attitude Adjustment, MDC, D.R.I, RKL, and many others during the Bay Area heavy metal resurgence. My Victim was influenced by NWOBHM style, Angel Witch and Thin Lizzy as primary influence of the double lead guitar with melodic overtones. My Victim was also inspired by the punk movement and hardcore thrash of the 80's.