Murphy Kasiewicz played second guitar on Solid Guild, but left the band before the recording of With A Cape And A Cane and was replaced by Dan Wilson (from Alaska) after that album, touring the US in support of it.
The original members are mostly former New Englanders, and after meeting in Portland formed a band in 2000 under the name Stateside and released one self-titled EP.
In 2002 they released the eight-song self-titled EP The Joggers (also called "The Birds" because of its cover) on TLA Records.
From that EP, the song "Devil Wears Earplugs" appeared on Supercuts, the compilation from Startime International, who signed the band.
Ben and Darrell also make up the Cajun Gems, who have one self-released album with a more folkier sound than the Joggers.