[5] After breaking up in 1989, SNFU reformed to embark upon the Wrong Way Down Memory Lane reunion tour late in 1991 to support their posthumous compilation album, The Last of the Big Time Suspenders, on Cargo Records.

[4][5] With new bassist Rob Johnson and new drummer Dave Rees, the band spent late 1992 and 1993 writing the material that would appear on Something Green and Leafy This Way Comes.

The songwriting process was influenced in part by the direction that guitarists Marc and Brent Belke had taken in their new melodic rock band the Wheat Chiefs.

SNFU demoed the material at Desolation Sound Studio in British Columbia, and two tracks from this session later appeared on their self-released "Beautiful, Unlike You and I" single.

At Gurewitz's recommendation, they arranged to record their new album with producer Donnell Cameron, known for his work with Rocket From the Crypt, NOFX, Rancid, Bad Religion, and Pennywise.

[3] After Chinn's 2020 death, Winnipeg hardcore band Comeback Kid released a cover version of "Reality Is a Ride on the Bus" via Bandcamp in tribute.