That same year in 1992, they signed to Cleopatra Records and released their self-titled, four-song EP, with vocals supplied by Scott "Chopper" Franklin (later to become bass player for The Cramps) Scott Franklin left another band to provide vocals for Spahn Ranch.

[2][3] Their second album, The Coiled One, appeared two years later in the midst of Morton leaving the band due to creative and logistical differences.

This offered a beginning of the fuller, more diverse, dark electro-industrial sound that Spahn Ranch would continue to pursue.

Architecture, released in 1997, featured contributions from Killing Joke/Prong bassist Paul Raven and Rockats/Nancy Sinatra guitarist Danny B.

[6] This album took an even more experimental approach to the Spahn Ranch sound, incorporating elements of drum and bass, dub and for the first time, live guitar parts.