When performing live they were the recording duo plus Daniel MacDonald, and Craig Thibault.
[1] Their first release, on their own label, Ant Records, was Super Useless Powers.
The band performed in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the band State Champs,[2] and in 1996 The Motes released a 45 rpm split single, "You'll Love the Epcot Plams/The New Physics", with them, through Ant Records.
[1] In 2018 the band released a collection of alternate versions and outtakes titled Normandy Oddity.
The cover art for Normandy Oddity was featured on the Music That Doesn't Suck blog.