Originally a gathering of friends jamming together at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, the band released one eponymous album on Maverick Records in September 1996, and briefly toured Europe and North America.
[1][4] Neurotic Outsiders was formed when Matt Sorum recruited Steve Jones, Duff McKagan and John Taylor to play at a benefit at the Viper Room in Los Angeles in June 1995.
[4][1] The lineup soon began playing regularly at the venue, while friends of the band made guest appearances onstage, including Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, Chrissie Hynde, Ian Astbury and Mel C.[1][2] The band was originally named Neurotic Boy Outsiders after an article in The Guardian that Taylor had read in the 1970s, but "Boy" was dropped from the name at the request of Sorum and McKagan.
[7] The album was met with little fanfare, while critics deemed the band "pure Hollywood, honestly and comfortably vulgar" and praised their musicianship.
[7][8][9] The band went on tour in support of the album through Europe and North America, but ceased to exist due to Jones participating in the Sex Pistols' reunion and McKagan focusing on Guns N' Roses.