[1] The Fratellis won the 2007 BRIT Award for Best British Breakthrough Act, and as of March 2018, Costello Music had sold 1,145,000 copies in the UK.

[2] Costello Music spawned five successful singles – "Henrietta", "Chelsea Dagger", "Whistle for the Choir", "Baby Fratelli" and "Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes".

Following the success of Costello Music, the Fratellis released their second album, Here We Stand (2008), before entering a hiatus period.

Debuting at number twenty-six on the UK Albums Chart,[4] it was considered a disappointment and marked significant decline in popularity for the band.

On this advert he put his name as "Graeme" to avoid detection of his then current bandmates finding out he was seeking a new band.

They've released We Need Medicine (2013), Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (2015), In Your Own Sweet Time (2018), and Half Drunk Under a Full Moon (2021).

It later emerged that he planned on teaming up with singer-songwriter Lou Hickey, whom he met through her friendship with Lawler's wife, and creating an album.

Lawler started hinting at a solo career when he set up a new Myspace page, with the track "Bonnie & Clyde" streaming on it.

While discussing the end of Codeine Velvet Club, Lawler confirmed his intentions of going solo, taking the backing musicians with him due to them playing well together.

[18] Since announcing he is going solo, Lawler has given away some tracks in demo form, including "Dead Street Affair", "She's My Shaker" and "Sometimes You Just Can't Win".

For live shows in 2011, Lawler announced that Mince Fratelli would be joining him on the tour, sharing drumming duties with Allan James.

After embarking on a Scottish tour in March/April 2011, Lawler added two new tracks to Psycho Jukebox, which pushed back the release date to late July 2011.

On 24 February 2012, Lawler announced on his website and Facebook that he had almost completed the album and that it was going to be titled Bright Night Flowers.

In a March 2018 interview with Wired Noise, Jon revealed that he had re-recorded Bright Night Flowers and had possibly changed his stance on releasing it.

During promotional performances of the album, Lawler was mainly using a Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty with Bareknuckle Mississippi Queen pickups (humbucker sized P-90's)[22] While playing on live performances with Codeine Velvet Club, he tended to use a red Fender Stratocaster and a rosewood Fender Telecaster.

[23] Donnelly's burlesque name was used as the title and inspiration for the Fratellis' hit single, "Chelsea Dagger", a play on Britney Spears.