STNNNG released four full-length albums on the Twin Cities-based Modern Radio record label before splitting up in 2017.
The cover of Dignified Sissy features Bear Attack, a painting by historical artist Mort Kunstler.
He was replaced by Ben Ivascu (also known for playing drums in Poliça, Marijuana Death Squads, and Signal to Trust) as a permanent member.
In February 2013, STNNNG released Empire Inward, an eight-song album recorded at Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, Illinois, and engineered and mixed by Steve Albini.
It was named one of the best Minnesota records of the year by Star Tribune critic Chris Riemenschneider, who praised the band's "raw power" and said that "traces of MC5, Fugazi and At the Drive-In permeate such scorched-earth tracks as "Texas Disco" and "Long Middle.