After playing at parties and smaller venues around the Bay Area for over a year, and undergoing several lineup changes, the band bought a van and embarked on their first tour of the US, lasting 32 days and covering 12,000 miles.

The recording process was intermittent, due to guitarist Ryan's initial diagnosis and early battle with leukemia.

2000 saw the band tour in both the U.S. and Canada, including appearances at South by Southwest and CMJ.

They toured with Alkaline Trio in the summer of 2008 and with Donots in the fall of 2008 in Europe.

In March 2009 they announced recording had begun on a second album for Fat Wreck Chords, Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts, which was released July 21, 2009.