[2][3] Diatribe was formed in San Jose, California, by vocalist/keyboardist Marc Jameson, bassist Kevin Marburg and guitarists Vince Montalbano and Pat Toves.
They recorded "Cockeyed Motherfucker" in 1990 and released the song on two various artists compilations, A Reason for Living by Santa Cruz Skateboards[4] and From the Machine by Index Productions.
In 1994 the band fell under the management of Lawrence Christopher and participated with KMFDM and Sister Machine Gun on the Angstfest tour,[7] where they premiered the song "Sick the Dogs".
The band finished recording a demo in 1995, which included the songs "Another Time", "Freaks", "New Breed", "The Son", "Web" and "World on Fire".
With Marc Jameson having his interests diverted to breakbeat, drum and bass, downtempo and trip hop, the Diatribe's artistic direction splintered and they decided to disband.