The band released a self-titled debut EP in 2001, and then three full-length albums afterwards; Begins Here in 2003, Imago in 2006, and Final Conversation of Kings in 2008.

During this time, the band consisted of Clint Boge on lead vocals, Kurt Goedhart on guitar, Glenn Esmond on bass, and Ben Hall on drums.

After struggling for years to work on a fourth studio album, Boge left the band in 2012 due to personal and creative differences.

The remaining members recruited Brisbane-based singer Paul Galagher for a final single and tour before announcing their breakup in 2016.

[5] After being featured as Triple J's "Unsigned Find" of 2002, the band signed to record labels "Roadshow Music" and "Rough Cut Publishing", and began working on a full-length album.

YTB The Butterfly Effect spent November 2002 to March 2003 recording their debut album, Begins Here, at Modern Music Studios in Brisbane, Australia.

Distribution deals saw the album being released by RSK in the UK, Sony in Germany, and Suburban in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

In August 2004 the band did a six-week tour through Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and the UK.

Album sales have now[update] exceeded 10,000 units in the UK and Europe, and the band has also had some success in South Africa.

During 2005, the band recorded a new single titled "Phoenix" featuring Ken Malaxos on banjo and Christo Stamoulis in backing vocals.

In July 2007, the band undertook the In a Memory Tour, with Chicago's Chevelle and upcoming Brisbane act Dead Letter Circus.

After the release of the album, The Butterfly Effect set off on a tour of Australia spanning October and November, with support from Melbourne acts Trial Kennedy and Sleep Parade.

Initial plans after wrapping up touring in support of Final Conversation of Kings involved writing and demoing material for a fourth album in 2010 and releasing it in early 2011.

[8] Boge desired for the band to return to their heavier, earlier sound of the initial EP and Begins Here album.

[8] However, with the internal struggles being entirely unknown to the general public at the time, the band kept it secret until February 2012, where, in press release, they announced that Boge had left amicably to pursue other interests.

[15] In June 2022, the band announced their fourth album, IV, would be released in late 2022 and that they would tour Australia in September and October 2022.