The original incarnation of Fang toured the country once, only to break up shortly thereafter with Beattie moving on to Texas where he later formed the band Glass Eye.

They soon added bass player Chris Wilson and began playing shows in the Bay Area as a three piece, with Flynn on vocals.

[3] The line-up solidified as McBride (vocals), Chris Wilson (bass), Tom Flynn (guitar), and Joel Fox (drums).

[4] Shortly thereafter, guitarist Tom Flynn founded the label Boner Records and released Fang's debut eight-song album Landshark and their 10-song follow-up Where the Wild Things Are.

Sammytown carried on the band, recruiting a new line-up of Bill Collins (guitar), Joe Miller (bass), and Steve Chinn (drums).

In January 1986, the "Spun Helga" LP was recorded in West Germany with McBride singing vocals, and two Germans named Joe (guitar) and Ollie (drums) playing instruments.

In 1989, Sam McBride – while running an acid-dealing business – murdered his girlfriend, a crime for which he was convicted and served six years in prison.

According to an L.A. Weekly article dated February 8, 2017:In 1989, Sammytown killed his girlfriend, Dixie Lee Carney, suspecting that she was working with a different acid dealer to take all of his business.

He was sentenced to 11 years for voluntary manslaughter and served six before being released.In 1989, Boner Records released Fang's first compilation album, Landshark/Where the Wild Things Are.

The line-up at this time included Sam McBride (vocals), Greg Langston (drums), Bill Burnett (guitar) and Josh Levine (bass).

Later in 2004, the Live Cheap CD came out on Malt Soda Recordings, featuring Sammytown (vocals), Brian Schopflin (bass), Ike Eichensehr (drums), Alby Wasted (guitar) and Jimmy Crucifix (guitarist for 1980s hardcore band Crucifix and hard rock band Proudflesh) also on guitar.

From 2005 to 2008, Fang performed with the steady line-up of Sammytown, Jimmy Crucifix, Brian Schopflin, and Greg Langsten (returning to the drums).

2014 saw the band appearing on a limited edition split 12-inch alongside Symbol Six with two exclusive new songs, including a cover of "Riot in Cell Block #9".

In 2016 Sammytown and founding Fang guitarist Tom Flynn started playing together for the first time in 30 years under the name "Cornelius Asperger and the Bi-Curious Unicorns" alongside bassist Dave Chavez and drummer Stark Raving Brad.

In 2024, Tom Flynn said that whilst he knew about the Mudhoney cover of the song in the '90s, he was not aware of Nirvana's version until he was approached by their record company to release it in 2009.