Shaun Diviney, Andy Clemmensen and Bradie Webb met on the train to the Hunter School of Performing Arts in Newcastle, New South Wales.

They failed to pass the first round in 2005, but were inspired to continue with their careers and made a limited-edition release of their first album, One Size Fits All, produced by Webb.

This was where they met Trevor Steel and Chris Johns of indie label Sunday Morning Records, who then signed the band in August 2007.

[8] On 24 September, to coincide with the release of "Planets", Short Stack performed the song live at Federation Square in Melbourne.

[9] In an interview with The Music Network, the band revealed the new album was produced by Lee Groves and would be released in November.

Shaun Diviney also announced a new orchestral sound, stating: "We've been having fun looking backward through music rather than going down the electro-pop route which everybody seems to be doing now."

"[10] Their second album, This Is Bat Country, was released on 12 November 2010..[11] On 18 October, Short Stack performed "Planets" live on The X Factor.

On the same day, This Is Bat Country became available for pre-order, with a collector's limited edition pack including an action figure of the band and an exclusively signed poster.

[12] On 2 November, Universal Music Australia confirmed that Short Stack would appear on the cover of issue #709 of the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine.

[17] Short Stack opened for Good Charlotte as part of their Cardiology Tour in Australia in April 2011.

[citation needed] On 11 May 2011, Diviney appeared on the panel of the ABC game show Spicks and Specks.

[21] The band also released their first documentary, The Story of Short Stack, based on their road to success.

I'm heading over to LA / NY mid year to write and do music, working with artists I love & enjoying life but most importantly I feel it's time to START something again.

[25] Diviney also announced that Webb is likely to continue his career in producing music and that Clemmensen aims to pursue a future in film directing.

[26] Clemmensen's character, Harry Vass, competes against Sophie Ramsay (Kaiya Jones) during an open mic night.

In a question and answer Diviney posted, they announced that they would also tour England and release their first studio album and single during 2013.

On 13 April 2014, Short Stack announced they had reunited and posted about their new single "Television" and two upcoming exclusive shows.

[31] On 2 March 2021, Short Stack released their first song in six years, "Burn You Down" with new recording label UNFD.

[33] On 9 February 2022, the group delayed the album's release to 8 April 2022, citing "a desire to tie its launch in to their forthcoming national tour" in a press conference.