Though early members of the 'Oxford Scene', they enjoyed limited commercial success compared to their contemporaries Radiohead and Supergrass.

The four Islip members of the band had begun working together by the time they left school and various line-ups and name-changes followed during the 1980s, until "The Candyskins" were formed in 1989, with Richard (mini) Brown on bass and banjo.

After a year of touring and the replacement of a stand-in bass player with Karl Shale, the band released their second album Fun?

Characteristically, the band attempted to build upon the US success of Space I'm In with an ironic album featuring songs about football and gardening.

The album did not do as well as their previous efforts, despite featuring the single "Feed It" which was one of the central songs on the soundtrack to the movie The Waterboy starring Adam Sandler.