The band comprises guitarist/vocalist Chad Petree, vocalist/bassist/keyboardist Carah Faye Charnow, keyboardist/bassist Jeremy Dawson, and drummer Mikey Martin.

We Are Pilots received a Grammy Award nomination on December 6, 2007, in the Best Electronic/Dance Album category but lost to The Chemical Brothers.

Shiny Toy Guns released their second Season of Poison single, "Ghost Town," on January 30, 2009, which peaked at No.

[22] At the end of March 2009, the band performed a cover of Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)."

[citation needed] On December 15, 2009, the remix album Girls Le Disko was released on Ultra Records.

[27] Also, at the end of January, Shiny Toy Guns teamed up with Lincoln again to produce a music video for "Major Tom".

[30] In late fall 2010, Shiny Toy Guns announced a planned December 2010[31] release of an LP[32] tentatively named "III".

Meanwhile, Chad and Jeremy worked on a side project called Mirror Machines,[35] which has since been postponed in favor of Shiny Toy Guns again.

Early January 2011, Shiny Toy Guns' official website featured a countdown which ended at midnight between February 10 and 11.

[37] In addition, the piano riff accompanying the countdown mirrors a scale from "Time," a song by Hans Zimmer for the Inception soundtrack.

[40] On February 7, Shiny Toy Guns announced on Facebook[41] that Sisely was no longer part of the band.

[45] During a web chat, Jeremy explained that they hope III will be ready for a May or June 2011 release but that it may come later this summer.

On March 1, 2012, in an interview with speedcast.com, Jeremy and Carah announced that the third album was set to release in July, with the first single in May, along with the beginning of a tour.

The band cited the end of Daniel and Carah Faye's long-term relationship as the primary reason, but they would remain friends.

In September 2013, Shiny Toy Guns was announced for the maiden voyage of PARAHOY, a four-day Festival Cruise with Paramore, which was expected to set sail on March 7, 2014.