[1] Its founding members were Dick Champ, Philip Dray, Jeff McGovern (also of Mofungo), and Chris Nelson.
[2] Influences included the Holy Modal Rounders, The Fugs, the no wave noise music bands DNA and Mars, and the traditional Americana of Bob Wills and Hoagy Carmichael.
[1] Their songs, most of which are compiled on the album The Oily Years, tend to be somewhat rough, lo-fi recordings.
Their song Yellow Sarong was later covered by Yo La Tengo for the 1990 album Fakebook.
[3] Thurston Moore called the band's sound "drunken sailor music" as a compliment.