The band was founded in 1994 by Stuart Venable and Bill Roper, and first performed that year at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
Since that time, they have achieved success in the re-burgeoning Irish-folk movement, playing with bands such as The Fenians.
On Sunday, February 7, 2010, one of the Poxy Boggards' songs ("I Wear No Pants" from their CD Liver Let Die) was featured in a commercial for the Levi Strauss brand Dockers which aired during Super Bowl XLIV.
"Inbred Local" was a thematic departure from their Renaissance-inspired music and set a trend for including a hidden track at the end of many of their albums released under the Angry Folk label.
On their fourth album, Liver, Let Die, guest artists are listed as "Proxy Boggards".