[1] Their lyrics tend to focus on social commentary with a live show known for "clashing activism and good times".

[2] The band's influences include Bad Brains, Public Enemy, The Fugees, The Specials, The Streets, and The Clash.

After a series of good reviews, Sonic Boom Six were invited to perform a session on BBC Radio One's The Lock Up.

Sounds to Consume was released on Moon Ska Europe in August 2004, and include the Turbo EP as bonus tracks.

Ben's old saxophone parts were played through a sampler when performing live, or by musicians from other bands, such as Grown at Home and The Flaming Tsunamis.

Their debut full-length album, The Ruff Guide to Genre-Terrorism, was released on 10 July 2006 on London label Deck Cheese Records, also home at the time to Phinius Gage, Sick On The Bus and Jesse James.

During Reel Big Fish's set, Laila joined the band on stage to sing parts of "She Has a Girlfriend Now" alongside Aaron Barrett.

This was followed by the release of a remixes, b-sides and rarities album entitled Play On: Rare, Rejected and Arcade Perfected, which the band toured in support of in late 2008.

[citation needed] In May 2009 Sonic Boom Six released their third album City of Thieves, once again on Rebel Alliance Recordings.

In February 2010 new permanent member James "Jimmy T Boom" Routh, formerly of Myth of Unity, joined the band on guitar.

During a free gig sponsored by HP Live and Last FM at The Roadhouse in Manchester on 19 April 2012 Barney Boom/Paul Barnes announced that the band were due to sign a deal the following Saturday and that the new album would be released in September 2012.

After receiving funding via the PledgeMusic crowdfunding website the release date of the fifth album The F-Bomb is 27 May 2016, on Cherry Red Records.

Laila, Barney and Ben also contribute vocals to the ongoing dub/punk project Suicide Bid and feature heavily on the collective's 2006 album The Rot Stops Here as well as performing live on rare occasions such as Rebellion Festival.