[1] While still a teenager, Hagerty joined Washington D.C. garage punk band Pussy Galore, led by Jon Spencer, and subsequently relocated to New York.

[2] During his time in there, Hagerty convinced his bandmates to release a cassette-only remake of the entire Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street.

While he gained underground notoriety for his work with Pussy Galore, Hagerty reportedly viewed it as a job and intended to pursue his own artistic vision with his girlfriend, Jennifer Herrema, under the name Royal Trux.

The arguably atypical lyricism and sonic atonality of their first two albums was largely abandoned in favor of a more stripped, direct sound.

Following the release of their untitled album, Hagerty and Herrema were joined by guitarist Michael Kaiser and drummer Ian Willers[4] to complete their fourth full-length, Cats and Dogs.

During the corporate interest in underground music that followed Nirvana's breakthrough success in 1991, Royal Trux signed a three-record contract totaling over $1 million with the major label Virgin.

Two reunion shows were announced for August 16, 2015 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California as part of the Berserktown festival and December 19, 2015 at Webster Hall in New York City.

"[11] On April 30, after having previously been rescheduled due to Herrema's unspecified legal issues, the planned promotional tour for White Stuff was cancelled entirely.

"[15] According to Dan Hancox of The National News, "their influence can be heard in everything from the bluesy sonic assaults made by The Kills or The White Stripes, to Interpol's angular guitars.

"[16] Both Jamie Hince & Alison Mosshart of The Kills are notable fans of the band,[17][18] as are Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream,[19] Stephen Malkmus of Pavement[20][21] & Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells.

[22] Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth cited the band's debut album as an influence on their music, calling it "the coolest record of that year, it was reckless, had a casual vision and sense of danger to it, it was completely experimental and it rocked.

"[23] Nate Young of Wolf Eyes named Twin Infinitives one of his favorite albums of all time, praising their avant-garde use of new technology as being influential on his music.

Hot Chip never really sounded like Royal Trux, but the joy of repetition in "Over and Over" is as much to do with their spirit as anything ‘carnal’ (to quote "Run Shaker Life", the song they opened that set with).