Signed to Mushroom Records and managed by Stuart Coupe, the Chosen Few released four singles and a lone album, Friends, Foes and Firewood (1990).
A cover version of the band's song "Rise", with some lyrical alterations, became a hit for popular Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite.
The band's debut single "Get It Right", written by McCarthy and Read, was released in November 1988 and was met with enthusiasm in the Australian rock music media.
Music critic Jon Casimir called it "a guitar-based pop workout with a serious hookline", writing that it struck "a note of resilient optimism".
[2] In 1994, the band formerly known as The Chosen Few (without Elshaikh) re-emerged as The Dreamseed with addition of guitarist Steve Barnes and vocalist Darren Bulmer, and relocated to Germany.