[1] Lead singer Johnny Galvatron stated on radio station 101.3 Sea FM on the Central Coast that the band got their name from the 1986 animated film Transformers.
The Galvatrons cite their influences as Devo, Stan Bush, Australian Crawl, Van Halen, Lion, Cheap Trick, Kim Wilde, Queen, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar, Kenny Loggins, Tears for Fears and Gary Numan.
They then played a festival tour in the United Kingdom alongside The Police at London's Hyde Park where they were evicted from the concert after allegedly singing Metallica songs loudly in the room next door to Sting.
On 17 November 2008, the Galvatrons released a demo version of a song that was rumoured to be a track from their upcoming debut album.
[citation needed] After a long hiatus the Galvatrons were interviewed by Harris Robotis on a late night episode of Rage, stating that they were back together and would be releasing an album in the coming year.
The release was to be tied in with Johnny's separate project, a video game made by Beethoven and Dinosaur called The Artful Escape.