The next year in 1984, Chris' younger brother Donoghue Doheny, on bass guitar; and Peter Robertson on drums joined the band.
[3][4] Later that year from May to June they recorded their self-titled debut album "Geisha" with Peter Dawkins (Dragon, Australian Crawl and Air Supply) producing and Richard Lush engineering.
However, by the mid year, John Nyman, Chris' brother Donoghue Doheny & Peter Robertson all left the band.
In July, they had become a three-piece, with Chris Doheny (Now with playing bass at that time) and Ken Sheppard joined by Bret Luton (ex-Dance Park) on drums.
[2] In late August, co-founder and long-time guitarist Ken Sheppard and drummer Bret Luton left the band.
The album's tracks were produced by David Courtney except "Normal People" by Kevin Beamish and "Part Time Love Affair" by band members.
By the early of 1988, Geisha were now a four piece of Chris Doheny (Now back with bass guitar), Rob Dean, Laurence Maddick and Tom Hosie before they officially broke up in mid 1988.
In 1990, Chris Doheny formed All the Young Dudes with Pierre Gigliotti (ex-Pseudo Echo) and released a mini-album in 1991.
In 1993, Chris Doheny formed his hard rock project, Dragonfly, with Craig Harnath (ex-Kids in the Kitchen, Chocolate Starfish), and released two extended plays, River of Love and Black Money.
[1] In April 1998, Geisha temporarily reformed with the 1984-1986 line-up (Chris and Donoghue Doheny, Ken Sheppard, John Nyman, and Peter Robertson) for a live performance at The Mercury Lounge at Crown Casino in July of that year, and EMI Records released a compilation album, The Very Best of Geisha, in August.
[1][10][11] In 2005, Chris Doheny performed acoustic versions of Geisha material on Chartbusting 80s on Melbourne TV station Channel 31.
[12] From February in the following year, he began work on an album, Acoustic Memoirs of Geisha, at his own Dragon Lair Studio.