Their debut album We Are The Boggs We Are (Arena Rock Recording Co.) was a punk re-telling of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music that the band mockingly dubbed ‘Archival no-wave’.
[4] After 2005, The Boggs had a constantly rotating live line up that sometimes includes members of other established independent rock bands.
Some former members of the band include Ezekiel Healy (guitarist), Brad Conroy (drums), Matt Schulz (drums) of Enon, Sam Jayne (guitar) of Love As Laughter, David Lloyd (bass) of Cause for Applause, Heather D’Angelo (vocals/keyboards) of Au Revoir Simone, keyboardist/vocalist Elleanore Everdell.
Friedman was looking for people to help record and perform this material when he met Ezekiel Healy (slide guitar) Brad Conroy (drums) and Phillip Roebuck (banjo) while busking in the New York City Subway.
Stitches again received critical attention, but The Boggs’ record label City Rockers was in financial trouble and soon went out of business.