At the time of recording, the band was composed of Chris Galas on vocals, Scott Dressler playing guitar, Jason Kourkounis on drums, and Daryl Taberski on bass.
There was a line-up change following the release date of the single; Taberski moved over to vocals, replacing Chris Galas, Bob Whiteside from Buffalo, New York band Support took over on bass, and Jon Salemi, who played drums in Support, joined to replace Joe Smith, who left for school.
In the summer of 1996, The California Takeover was released which featured live recordings from Snapcase, Earth Crisis, and Strife.
Progression Through Unlearning was recorded and mixed in a period of two weeks with producer Steve Evetts at Trax East in New Jersey.
One of the album's tracks, "Breaking and Reaching", was used by Cartoon Network's Toonami for promos of Mobile Fighter G Gundam in 2002.
Ben Lythberg began playing drums for the band during the fall, winter and spring while Redmond finished his master's degree.
In 2002, the band focused their creative energy on crafting their new album, End Transmission, with Brian McTernan at Salad Days Studios.
Timothy Redmond taught AP Government, Global History, The Turbulent Sixties, and Human Rights and Genocide at Williamsville East High School and Scott Dressler was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Villanova University.
[6][7] Guitarist Frank Vicario later stated that the band had no intention of doing an extended reunion beyond the European and Buffalo, New York, shows.
[8] Snapcase was later forced to cancel their previously announced European reunion shows due to the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull and its resulting ash plume engulfing much of Europe's airspace.
Sick of It All announced that Snapcase would be supporting them at their 25th Anniversary show at New York City's Webster Hall on March 26, 2011.
[12] On June 12, 2012, Snapcase announced that they have booked a September 14 show at the Outer Harbor in Buffalo, New York, with Dropkick Murphys.