[2] Mark Edwards first played drums during the very early portion of the 1980s, performing in the bands Thermos of Happiness and Riot Architecture before they both dissolved by 1984.
[5] Let's Skip The Details was the first release by the project to feature musicians other than Edwards, the addition of whom enabled My Dad Is Dead to tour as a full band.
1995 saw the split Emperor Jones/Trance Syndicate release For Richer, for Poorer, and also the My Dad Is Dead entry in the Hello Recording Club subscription EP series.
A Divided House and A New Clear Route were issued independently on Edwards' self-run Unhinged imprint in 2005 and 2009, and, in 2011, the project officially came to an end.
In January 2012 Edwards’ new recording project, Secular Joy, released their debut album, Made for Better Things.