Although they operated Red Abbott from three remote cities, the band's members all grew up in the Boston area and initially met in high school.
[1] Using home recording equipment, Brown, Means and Madera set to work emailing pieces of songs back and forth until they had completed their debut, Having Fun Without You.
[1] Shortly after the album's release, the band played its first and only live concert, joined by former Radka drummer Shawn Hildonen.
Popular Mechanics featured the band in a series of stories on artists who use consumer electronics to create professional work.
[4] MTV in the United Kingdom picked up the band's music video for "The Spare Room," produced by Brown, and included it in rotation on the program 120 Minutes.