The band's 2004 international hit single "Walkie Talkie Man" was used in an advertisement for the iPod and a number of films and video games.
They started performing as a melodic rock four-piece band with a manic live show.
In addition to "White Trash", five more tracks from it were released as singles: "Walkie Talkie Man", "Roadtrip", "Go", "Tsunami" and "On and On".
This was sent to the fan via mail and contained promo CDs that had five of the tracks to be featured on their upcoming CD, and many stickers.
Their big break came with the release of "Walkie Talkie Man", which was used for iPod advertisements, and its music video, in which characters and objects were created by knitting puppets and animating them using stopmotion.
[3] It was used in several films and video games including Elite Beat Agents, MVP Baseball 2004, and MLB 2005.
was re-released as a special edition containing three songs from Sing the Night Away and a cover of AC/DC's "Back in Black".
The band recorded the album This Is Not the Target Market at York Street Studio in Auckland and released it in New Zealand on 16 October 2006.
Steriogram's third album, Taping the Radio, was released on 18 September 2010 on iTunes, and subsequently made available in New Zealand stores on 2 November 2010.
[4] A Kickstarter fundraiser was set up on 9 December 2011, in order to raise funds to help finish the film.