[4] The group was named after the Kaneko arcade game Gals Panic, where articles of clothing on women are removed upon level completion.

[6] The original lineup for Gals Panic consisted of vocalist Lance Fever (a name Myers took on), guitarist Jerm Pollet, and bassist DJ Saturn playing along to a drum machine programmed by Mark Nineteen.

[14] In July, it was announced that Lance Fever and Cardinal Connor would play their final show with Gals Panic in August.

[2] By this point, Fever had formed the Playdoh Squad with GP bandmates Connor and Austin; they played their first show in July.

[15][2][3] Towards the end of Gals Panic, Lance Fever began working at an Austin animation company, Heart of Texas Productions.

[12][15] The band Missile Command – similarly named after a video game – was formed by Jerm Pollet in late 1996, with him becoming its singer, in addition to being a guitarist.

[3] After Missile Command, Pollet formed the band the Ongoing Wow with Timothy "Speed" Levitch in 1998,[3] had a solo musical project titled Tall, Dark, and Lonesome,[17][3] and later became a member of The Total Foxes.