In June that year Horsehead signed with Mushroom Records, flew to Memphis, United States where Mike Fraser produced their debut self-titled album.
They released "Oil and Water", which received regular air play on radio station, Triple M, while the related music video won the Kerrang!
The band completed the tour at Sydney's Eastern Creek Motorcycle Grand Prix, which included The Screaming Jets on the bill.
[1][3] In April 1995 Horsehead performed at the Alternative Nation Festival which featured Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails, Live and Tool.
McFarlane note that Onism "reflected the band's move into territory already mapped out by US heavyweights like Tool, Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains".
[4] In April they issued their first single, "Capital H", on Stubble Records to coincide with their support of US band, Live, on a local tour of Australian and New Zealand in May.
[1] Horsehead appeared on Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV's Recovery program performing two tracks, "Crinkles" and "Golden Cow", off the EP.
In June the album appeared, McFarlane felt "[i]t revealed a band of great tenacity, with a maturer take on the brash stadium rock of earlier years".
In June 2000 their fourth and final single, "Bounce Back" / "Procrastinator", was issued and in November the band's website announced they had recorded a cover version of "Antisocial" by French group, Trust.
[5] Shortly after Horsehead released "Bounce Back" / "Procrastinator" in June 2000, Vallance quit the band, stating that he was "disillusioned with the music business and most of the people connected with it".
[3] Kingman joined Christine Anu's backing band; while McKenzie worked as a session musician and producer for Things of Stone and Wood and Mark Seymour.
Their first official gig in nearly 20 years took place on 1 February 2020 at the Corner Hotel in Richmond Victoria to a full house of adoring fans.
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