Later, the grunge genre was making waves in Malaysia and Loque's Tail decided to have a change in their musical direction from metal to grunge and punk.During a school break in 1993, Loque frequently visits a jamming studio named the Black Widow Studios in Petaling Jaya.

The demo displayed the raw energy they were known for, and heavily influenced by grunge with Emmett's vocals being presented in the same fashion as Kurt Cobain's.

Later on, Butterfingers became a staple name in underground scene, along with other bands such as OAG, The Splatters and Spiral Kinetic Circus.

They went on to release their second album Butter Worth Pushful (1997) with a much more matured sound which debuted at number six on the Malaysian International RIM Charts, a first ever for a local band.

In March 1999, Transcendence (1999) debuted at the number three on the RIM International Charts was released and sold over 60,000 units, which was considered to be Butterfinger's best work.

After the success of Transcendence and the release of Butter Late Than Never (2000), a collection of old live tracks and outtakes with some previously unreleased songs from earlier demos, Butterfingers released Malayneum (2001) to critical acclaim, despite the mixed reaction from fans who still wanted a more 'grunge-y' sound the band was known for.

In 2003, Emmett had left to pursue his studies in Canada, leaving the rest of the band to release and promote Selamat Tinggal Dunia without him.

Loque was reported to have said that he has no interest reforming Butterfingers in a recent interview: "To me there's no point in repeating myself.

Up until Malayneum (2001) the Butterfingers thing was going smoothly; up to Selamat Tinggal Dunia (2005), it had already gone into a writer's block phase for me.

On 29 March 2009, they performed their farewell show at the Sunburst Music Festival at Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club, Kuala Lumpur.

The festival were divided by two phases and features international acts such as Scorpions, Third Eye Blind, Taking Back Sunday, and The Get Up Kids, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, Malaysian's local acts such as Alleycats, Zainal Abidin, Wings, Deja Voodoo Spells, One Buck Short, Pop Shuvit, Hujan, Radhi OAG, Indonesia's The Changcuters and many more.

The Butterfingers: Transcendence 20th Anniversary Concert[8] was held at Malawati Stadium in Shah Alam in conjunction with the Selangor Youth Republic carnival and powered by TM's Unifi.

After the big success of Transcendence reunion concert, the band was also expected to perform at another music festival NUSAFEST 2020 at Bandar Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur in March with local acts such as Cromok, Joe Flizzow, Exists (Reunion), Rusty Blade, Indonesian act such as Slank, PADI Reborn, Seringai and many more.

Due to COVID19 pandemic, the festival was postponed Butterfingers music is often characterised under the genre of Grunge.