SUSTO is the brainchild of Justin Osborne. It was born out of collaboration between Osborne and various colleagues including but not limited to Johnny Delaware, Wolfgang Zimmerman, Nicholas Scott Woodley and Camilo Miranda. These collaborations took place between 2011 and 2013 in Charleston, SC and Havana, Cuba.

Early writing and recording for SUSTO began in late 2011.

In early 2013 Osborne began performing solo in South Carolina and Cuba under the name of SUSTO. By August of that year SUSTO was performing as a full band. In addition to Osborne, this line-up included Johnny Delaware, Taylor McCleskey, Eric Mixon, and Lucia Garcia.

By early 2014 the debut self titled album was finalized and subsequently released by Osborne and Delaware's label Peninsula Records on April Fool's Day (04/01/2014).

After an extensive North American solo tour (Summer 2014) in support of SUSTO's debut album, Osborne returned to Charleston where he formed a new live band including Jordan Igoe, Gordon Keiter, Matt Lohan, and Corey Campbell.

The band maintains a moderate tour schedule and it is rumored that a second album with the werking title "& I'm Fine Today" is now in production; no timeframe has been established regarding it's release.