Peggy Hambright, who was Stutz's and Sughrue's roommate at the time, joined the band, contributing keyboards, violin and vocals.
[1] The Judybats' first major release was a cover of the 13th Floor Elevators' "She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)", which appeared on Sire's Roky Erickson tribute album, Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye, in 1990.
[5] Casper subsequently left the band and was temporarily replaced by session drummer Kevin Jarvis on their second album, Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow, in 1992.
[2] Following that album, Hambright and Stutz both left the band and were replaced by Paul Noe on bass and David Jenkins on drums.
[7][8] In an interview with The Advocate the following month, Heiskell acknowledged that he was gay,[9] but otherwise rarely discussed his sexuality with the press, choosing to write about it only indirectly in his songs until his solo career.
[1] In a 2008 interview with Popdose, Heiskell claimed that his dissolution of the band was attributable to several factors, with the last tour being "a nightmare of panic attacks and depression."
Heiskell explained, "By the time the tour ended I weighed 157 pounds – I'm nearly six feet tall – and could scarcely go out during the day for fear of having a bout of serious anxiety."
"[6] Heiskell, Noe and Jenkins, along with guitarist Reed Pendleton, pursued a new musical direction under the name Doubters Club, an informal reconfiguration of the Judybats.
[12] Heiskell later claimed that, following the release of the album, "Dave and Paul moved off to Nashville, hiding from me the fact that they had started another band on the side, taking all of the equipment with them.
"[10] After the Doubters Club dissolved, Heiskell seriously considered quitting the music industry, while Pendleton encouraged him to stay the course, with the pair eventually creating a string of new songs, including "Break My Heart", "Shine", "You're Too Much", "Full Forward Angel", "Always", "Love Will Out" and "California".
Early band sessions were held in a remote log cabin south of Knoxville, where the new lineup developed a guitar-heavy sound with Britpop influences.
[21] In 1992, former keyboardist Peggy Hambright founded Magpies Bakery in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was the owner until 2018, when she passed the business on to her niece, Elizabeth.
Conceived by Heiskell himself, both were guided by videographer Douglas Stuart McDaniel,[10] with intern Tyler Juárez Dippel shooting the footage for "Still Life With Broken Heart".