They often used xylophone fills, synthesizers, and hand claps to, as their webpage said, "keep heads bopping and asses shaking."

As their popularity on the Minneapolis music scene increased, they changed their names to The Olympic Hopefuls and were picked up by 2024 records, a local independent label.

[6][7] The song "Drain the Sea" was featured on the first disc of the "For New Orleans" charity cd set produced by "Sugarfoot Music".

On December 20, 2008, The Hopefuls released their second album Now Playing at the One-Seat Theatre on local independent label Draw Fire Records.

In 2018, Paul V. Allan released The Hopefuls: Chasing a Rock 'n' Roll Dream in the Minnesota Music Scene, a book about The Hopefuls and many other related bands (Spymob, Storyhill, Kid Dakota, Tapes 'n Tapes, Vicious Vicious, etc.)