Initially formed as a four piece in 1986, when some of the members were still at high school,[1] the band had little success to start with.
In 1997, after returning from Perth following their 'Idiots Crusade' tour of Europe and South Africa they recorded three tracks "We are the Moo Moo", "The Curse of the Shiny Head" and "Bacon and Eggs Part Two" at Poons Head Studio.
Horan having headed to Britain, where he still performs as well as runs musical workshops for under-age offenders in prisons.
[5] In 2007 they re-formed for a show with a new bassist Roy Martinez (Dave Mann Collective) and a plan was hatched to release the old recordings as part of a new album, Snakes Alive,[5] the band's first in over eight years.
In support of the album's release the band gave a number of performances in Perth and Melbourne in early 2009.