[5] After a disagreement and falling out with a producer and School of Fish eventual split, Fischer went solo and began writing and recording his material without the benefit of professional mixing or mastering.
[6][7] Taking the name Lazlo Bane Chad Fischer initially signed to Los Angeles-based indie label Fish of Death Records,[8] and released debut single "Buttercup" backed with a cover of Men at Work's 1983 hit "Overkill".
The latter was recorded in conjunction with Men at Work's frontman Colin Hay,[9] with whom Chad Fischer formed a solid relationship and would continue to collaborate in the studio and live to this day.
In 1996 Fischer resigned to a bigger label Almo Sounds, recruiting bass player Chris Link, guitarist Tim Bright, and a drummer nicknamed Chicken to form a band and to share the effort and workload.
[10] In August 1996, Lazlo Bane produced an EP Short Style, composed of five tracks, and on January 28, 1997, the band released their first full-length album, 11 Transistor,[11] featuring Fischer originals as well as their proved to be popular cover of "Overkill".
The song was released as a single by Almo Sounds and was accompanied by a music video directed by Mark Miremont[12] (again featuring Colin Hay), which eventually reached MTV2's Top 10 of the Year list for 1997.
[7][13] After the release of the debut album Lazlo Bane went on tour in the US with Los Angeles band Chalk FarM,[14] particularly participating in the WAXY-FM radio's music festival Buzz Bake Sale in November 1997.
[15][16] In the late 1990s, Lazlo Bane began work on the follow-up to 11 Transistor but eventually had to continue without assistance from a major recording label since the band was dropped from Almo after it was bought by Universal Music Group in early 2000.
Lazlo Bane still stayed together as a band and continued releases with a new composition "Sleepless In Brooklyn",[23] that was featured in 2005 film Little Manhattan for which Chad Fischer composed the score as well as several original songs by himself.
For the project the members of Lazlo Bane switched instruments and took pseudonyms: Dino (Chicken) - vocals, Fuzzy (Tim Bright) - bass, Licks (Chad Fischer) - drums, and Stixx (Chris Link) - guitar.
[50] This song is a dance-influenced track, which is a departure from the hard rock style of T(S)R. In 2008 The (Silent) Rage was featured in the film The Rocker, starring Rainn Wilson and Teddy Geiger.
The songs "Promised Land" and "Pompeii Nights" attributed to the fictional band Vesuvius were written and performed by the members of The (Silent) Rage, with lead vocals sung by Keith England.