The group was formed during 1996 with Bunkley on vocals, James Bostek on trumpet, Tony Buccilli on trombone, Duke Kingins on guitar, Shawn Scaggs on double bass, Eric Schabo on tenor sax, Geoff Kinde on drums, and Randy Sly on piano.

Torch This Place was recorded at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by Bruce Fairbairn[3] along with engineers Mike Plotnikoff and Paul Silveira.

The band's biggest hit, "Man with the Hex", which interpolated the call and response from the 1947 film The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer,[4] was included on the soundtracks of American Pie, Scooby Doo and The Haunted Mansion.

Visuals of the band performing "Swing Sweet Pussycat" are shown in the closing credits of the 1999 film Three to Tango.

Kinde teaches drums and percussion at Oz's Music Ann Arbor, online lessons at Atomic Drummer and performs solo as Roland Remington.