[2] Their self-titled debut album has sold more than a million copies in the United States with hit singles like "Down on Me" and "When Will It Rain".

The band is best known for the song "The Lumberjack", which features a chainsaw solo by lead singer Jesse James Dupree.

[3] It features a song entitled "She Loves My Cock",[3] which was omitted from edited versions, as were suggestive elements on the album's cover art.

When a Kmart in Georgia refused to sell Jackyl, the band played an impromptu concert in front of the store.

Geffen Records produced a music video for their cover of We're an American Band, a 1970s hit song by Grand Funk Railroad.

Choice Cuts failed to revive the band's sales and touring success, so Geffen Records and JACKYL parted company.

The following year, a second greatest hits compilation was produced entitled 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jackyl.

In December 2011 Dupree appeared in That Metal Show where talked about chainsaws, his recent injuries, marathon touring and all things of Jackyl with Sully Erna from Godsmack and Glenn Hughes as guests too.