Founding members Bal Cooke (drummer/producer) and Louise Quinn (singer/ songwriter) met whilst working for a performance art company in Glasgow.
The show was a response to Pippa Bailey's global theatre project Biding Time which explores the experience of women in the entertainment industry.
[8] Oh Jackie screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013[9] In 2009 A Band Called Quinn toured in award-winning Scottish based Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)'s revision of John Gay's 18th Century classic The Beggars Opera.
[13] A Band Called Quinn appear on the soundtrack to films by Penny Woolcock, David MacKenzie and Ricardo de Montreuil.
A Band Called Quinn's track "DIY" was used in the remake of the classic The Borrowers starring Stephen Fry & Christopher Eccleston broadcast on BBC One on Boxing Day 2011.