The band was formed in the summer of 1994, sharing a love of 1960s surf and garage music such as The Ventures, Booker T, and The Sonics.
Donning Day of the Dead regalia onstage, the fivesome tempered their retro-stylings with an update by way of The Ramones, The Pandoras, and Nuggets.
Accompanied by frenzied Go Go girls, spitting flames, stage-diving, and destroying their own equipment, the Bomboras’ livid funhouse take on surf rock became an object of fan adoration, albeit a worry to the local fire department.
On December 31, 2006, New Year's Eve of 2007, The Bomboras played a return show in Hollywood at Vine Street Lounge (now closed).
More recently, the band has been involved with the MuSick Recordings label, and released a "comeback" EP The Return Of The Up Up Sound (2021), and the first new full-length since 1998, Songs From The Beyond!