[1] With drummer Dave Martens they released their debut EP Inoculator through local Chicago label Radius Records.

Josh and Matt's brother Eli Caterer then joined on second guitar and the band signed to local label Johann's Face Records, releasing their debut album Get Fired in 1993.

[1] They next recorded an album of cover songs titled The Party's Over, but Capitol rejected it and the band broke up in December 1998.

[1] Ryan Chavez drummed on the band's fifth studio album, Stay Down, released in 2008 through Curb Appeal Records.

[1] Neil Hennessy of fellow Chicago punk rock band The Lawrence Arms became Smoking Popes' permanent drummer prior to the album's release.