The main members were Nick Delancy (Ken David Paul), Oscar Nomination (Andrew Burkhart), and Gary Dade.
In 1993, David Botkin occupied the drum seat for a year while Gary suffered a nervous breakdown and escaped to North Dakota to recover, apparently, from a bad marriage.
This material included many of their live show staples: Values, Fog, Greenflash (a holdover from Scream From the Trees), I Love You To Pieces, Grand Prix and Because You Stole Cherries, amongst others.
They decided to start fresh after David came aboard in late 1993 and recorded 5 new songs (one remains unreleased) at Cadillac Sound Studios.
Industry insider Bob Timmons (Geffen Records, Nirvana, Aerosmith, Smashing Pumpkins) was also extremely impressed after seeing them perform and approached them about representation.
Prior to Kill Buddha, Ken, David and Andrew, along with Michael Kerns (Paramount Recording Studios) were in the LA band, Tocan (1978–1980).
The name of the band came from bass player, Todd Perkins' restored 1966 Chevy Malibu, which had a personalized license plate reading "Smokin66".
David's current project is The Ooks of Hazzard, noted for their cover of MGMT's song "Kids", which went viral on YouTube in April 2010.
Andrew and Gary formed Joy Bang in 1995 as an on again, off again project (currently on hiatus), after Kill Buddha dissolved.
Andrew and Mike Steele were also in Ray Rae's Tribute to Hendrix band (1989–1991), which performed around Los Angeles area clubs and colleges.