[4] Their third and fourth releases, Gut Level Music and Against the Grain, propelled them to national standing.
[5] They also refined their sound in an attempt to distance themselves from the punk "garage band" image that they had acquired early on.
Work had begun on a follow-up album, tentatively titled No Substitute, when the Altar Boys went on an "indefinite hiatus" in 1992.
[citation needed] The group's final performance was in June 2006 at the Corona del Mar Fairgrounds.
[citation needed] The group of four performed live for their final show [6] on September 16, 2018, at House of Blues in Anaheim for the new release of the No Substitute album.