The line-up consisted of Rossy Cummins on vocals, Hagop Tchaparian as a guitarist and backing vocalist, Joe Birch on drums, William McGonagle as a guitarist, and Wojtek Godzisz as a vocalist and songwriter.
[2] The band's first show was at Hammersmith's Emerald Hut in July 1994,[3] and they played various clubs and pubs in Camden Town throughout 1995; by November, they had obtained a manager.
[4] The band had a selection of uptempo punk pop songs which, together with their young average age of eighteen, brought them to the attention of Korda Marshall, who signed them to Infectious Records in 1996.
They released a mini album, One Day at a Time, in October 1997,[2] stating in NME that they "just wanted to get them [the songs] out there".
[citation needed] This was illustrated by the fact that one of the four singles they had released up until this point, "The Answer To Why I Hate You", was absent from the mini-album, but did appear on their first album On the Outside.
[2] "Fairweather Friend" was the band's best known song, having support from a music video, and this led to a Top of the Pops performance.
In 1997 the band supported a number of popular American bands, including Red Hot Chili Peppers at Wembley Arena, The Foo Fighters, Deftones and No Doubt at Brixton Academy, where Cummins' stage antics caused him to dislocate his leg.
Rossy, Wojtek, Will and Joe were to participate in a Q&A at Signature Brew in Haggerston on 19 May 2022, hosted by Kerrangs!