After signing a record deal with the RCA label in 2000 and putting out several singles and EPs, their debut album, See This Through and Leave, was released in 2002 to critical acclaim.

The limited edition double CD contained 3 extra songs and live versions of "Panzer Attack" and "Let's Kill Music".

[4] Nineteen months after See This Through And Leave, The Cooper Temple Clause released their second album, Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose, on 8 September 2003.

The album, which saw the band record for the first time at their own studios Bleak House, had a different style and increasingly incorporated electronic sounds into tracks.

After many setbacks including a change in record label, and the loss of Didz Hammond, the band's third album was significantly delayed.

During the week prior to the official split, the band had been scheduled to perform at Underworld and Dingwalls as part of the Camden Crawl.

the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist in Red Kite; their debut album, Songs For Crow, was released in November 2013.

Jon Harper became a session drummer in the Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) when Adriano Cintra took the place of Iracema Trevisan as bassist, after she left in March 2008.

In November 2009 Harper joined the Chris Corner (ex–Sneaker Pimps) project IAMX as a member of the live band for a session that lasted until July 2010.