A platform to run various projects from, One F Music, was subsequently founded, in the form of an independent record label and a small home studio.

The next release, Strop (1996), saw Battery 9 break through to a wider audience, with the song "Kiss the Machine" receiving daytime airplay and eventually charting on 5FM, a major nationwide commercial radio station.

In December 2000 and January 2001, Battery 9, with the newly formed live act, performed a well-received short tour of South Africa.

[2] The band has had quite a few members and incarnations over the years, with Paul Riekert and the 6'8" tall Huyser Burger (also known as DJ Fokkolnonsins) remaining as the only two constants from 1995.

DIY electric implements like drills, angle grinders, and jackhammers are also used, with some more for the visual effect than the musical merit of including it.