[2] Cole Alexander of psychedelic-rock band Black Lips has said that Yonkers “kind of invented noise and drone guitar techniques," stating further that "when you think of how The Who, Jimi Hendrix and The Velvet Underground were pushing feedback at the time, he was more extreme than all three combined in terms of what he was doing.”[2] However, his work did not reach a wide audience until decades after he began recording, due in part to a debilitating spinal injury that kept him in constant, lifelong pain.

[2] His early bands included a surf-rock combo called The Vectors and Michael and the Mumbles, a psychedelic-rock group with whom he recorded Microminiature Love in 1968.

Sire Records showed an interest in releasing the album, but contract negotiations broke down in part because Yonkers was still only 20 years old and not legally able to sign without his parents' permission.

[9] Yonkers' most recent work includes three collaborations with Minneapolis indie-rock group The Blind Shake, Carbohydrate Hydrocarbons,[10] Cold Town/Soft Zodiac, and Period.

[11] In 2015, Mystra Records released a limited-edition set of Yonkers' experimental work from 2003-2007, Neverending Light Beam From Planet 00s/Deep Within Home Pianet/Plan A.