[1] The band's original lineup, consisting of Spencer Moody, Dann Gallucci, Derek Fudesco, Coady Willis, and Nate Manny, formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1996.
This release saw a greatly increased use of electric organ, and in the same year they recruited Leslie Hardy as their full-time keyboard player.
After a short break, the band released In Name and Blood in 2000, with photos in the liner notes depicting every member as a murder victim.
The band performed on July 29 at the Capitol Hill Block Party closing the two-day music festival on Saturday night.
The day following the Block Party performance the band played a show with The Blood Brothers at The Showbox in downtown Seattle, the same venue where "R.I.P."
[4][5] Murder City Devils' week-long tour culminated in Los Angeles with two performances at the Henry Fonda Theater on February 17 and 18, 2009.
[6] At the end of their set, on December 30, 2009, at The Showbox in Seattle, Washington, Hardy thanked the audience for coming and confirmed that the band was working on new material.
[citation needed] On August 5, 2014, the band released their first album in 11 years, The White Ghost Has Blood on Its Hands Again, which includes eight songs.