Former members Mara Dralle and Helen Halloran were "determined to find an all-female line up"[1] and subsequently formed the band after recruiting lead guitarist Cathy Watson (see Cool Rays) and then drummer Patty Schemel, who was a member of hardcore punk band The Primitives the previous year,[2] and was recommended to Dralle at the suggestion of Bon Von Wheelie of Girl Trouble.
[3] A month prior to their second show at the venue,[4] the band recorded a demo tape which consisted of six songs, five of which were originals and one was a cover of Sonny Bono and Cher's "I Got You Babe.
[5] During their original run, Doll Squad also performed on The Spud Goodman Show and in two straight-to-video movies: Rock & Roll Mobster Girls and Attack of the Hideo-Poid.
As Watson and Schemel were unable to, or chose not to, rejoin the band, they were replaced by Mike Soldano on lead guitar and Rich Evans on drums, respectively.
The band list their influences, both past and present, as Sweet, Redd Kross, The Go-Gos, X, The Clash, Joan Jett, The Bangles, The Runaways and Sonny and Cher.