The group was formed in 1991 by two former members of Loop: Neil Mackay (vocals/bass) and John Wills (drums).
Their first two albums bear influences of My Bloody Valentine and The Skids, while the vocal delivery has been compared to Mark E. Smith of The Fall.
[2] By the third album Psychedelische Musique (1995), the band was drawing influence from Faust and had dispensed with many conventional rock elements.
[3] Mackay formed a band with his then-wife Kim Hannibal called Juicy Eureka and released an album for Lissy's Records titled Making Things Up and Then Forgetting Them.
Mackay and Webb played several gigs around London with Tony Irving in a free noise / jazz band called Unity Gain, releasing a lathe cut LP in January 2014 titled Sounds from the Room.