She went on to play trumpet in the marching band at Northeastern High School in Springfield, Ohio, where she was also on the cross country team and became a member of the National Honor Society.
In contrast to her previous acts, Vibralux played pop music influenced by her favorite artists – the Beach Boys and the Beatles.
[2] After briefly moving with her husband to New Orleans and then back to Columbus, Leffel began working on her solo debut album with her former high school boyfriend, Bela Koe-Krompecher.
As Leffel lacked a true backup band, the album instead featured contributions from Ted Hattemer and Craig Dunson (both of Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments) and Jerry Wick (of Gaunt), among others.
Though Leffel's original plan was to only live in Miami for part of the year, the move nevertheless disrupted her music career in Columbus, as well as her marriage to Olds, which later ended in divorce.