The Arrogant Worms formed in 1991, with its founding members being Trevor Strong, Mike McCormick, John Whytock, and Steve Wood.
They have played at celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and at a concert in New York, United States's Central Park.
[9] Some of their albums include contributions from prominent musicians, including Andy Thompson, Andrew Affleck, Gord Thompson, Adrian Dolan, Mike Ford, John Loughrey, Terry Tufts and Tim Readman, who is also their dialect coach.
Rock, folk, ballads, country, and children's music all have been genres parodied by the Worms.
The band has long supported the cause of literacy in Canada, and have twice won the Peter Gzowski Award for their efforts.