For a few months, they performed with a drum machine, but soon added drummer Martin Murphy as the final member of the group.
Atlantic Records signed the band, re-released "Grey Matter" in the US,[5] and released their debut album internationally.
[6] "Celebrate" was covered in Italian by the singer-songwriter Vasco Rossi in his 1993 album Gli Spari Sopra[7] which went platinum 10 times.
After a tour to support the debut album, An Emotional Fish returned to the studio to record Junk Puppets.
In 1994, the band were signed to German label ZYX Records and their third album Sloper was released in Europe.
[9] In 1999, after a few years of relative inactivity, the band played a short tour of the Netherlands in spring, and a single date in Dublin in December.
In 2002, Whelan formed a new band, Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, with a new style and musical presence, in which he continued to work with Enda Wyatt.
[13] The band played a five-song set at the Féile Classical festival on September 22, 2018,[14] and dedicated their song "Julian"[15] to their late drummer Martin Murphy.