Jol Devitro née Joel Perez (guitars, vocals) and Brian Weaver (bass, vocals) formed the group, and the band's first lineup featured Emily Limón née Davis (violin), Karl Soehnlein (now writer K.M.
In 1998 the band produced and performed its original rock opera The World of Tina and followed it up with 2000's indie-rock variety show A Telethon for the Benefit of Suzie.
The Cubby Creatures, along with Arianne Vasquez, also produced Cubbyvision for San Francisco public access channel 29 from 2000 to 2002.
Members of the band appeared frequently amongst a cast of recurring characters that included Huck Forest, Mr.
Fantastic, the Reverend Myrtle Motivation (played by real-life Cubby chaplain Trismegista Taylor), Rhoda "the apocryphal sister of the Virgin Mary" and Kathy Barra (title character of the 2001 Cubby Creatures EP "Who Remembers Kathy Barra?