[4] The founding of the band was related to the curing of a "premature midlife artistic crisis", faced by Burnet the age of 30.

[3] The name of the band refers to lutefisk, a dried fish dish of Scandinavian origin, prepared with lye.

[3] Lutefisk released its first album, Deliver from Porcelain: Theme and Variations, in 1995 on Bong Load Custom Records.

Its name derives from a phrase the band's frontman wrote on the wall of their recording studio after it was robbed, in hopes it might scare away the burglars if they returned.

[2] It received mixed reviews from critics, particularly pertaining to the band's cover of Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music".