[2] Chatham was originally inspired to start a band when composer Peter Gordon took him to see the Ramones for his first punk rock concert.
[3] They added guitarist Nina Canal, who had little musical experience and bought a Fender Stratocaster.
[2] Photographer Daile Kaplan, using the pseudonym "Heddy Van Dyke", became the band's drummer.
[4] Following the Gynecologists' first performance, Chatham left the group and joined a band named Arsenal so that he could focus on learning to play rock guitar.
[7] The group disbanded shortly after, with Sclavunos joining Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Canal co-founding Ut.