The Tables' original trio recorded their first 7-inch, Diary EP, which was released on the new-founded Voices of Wonder label in 1988.
The Tables broke up soon after the release, but the original trio reformed in 1996 or 1997 to record their second album, Holiday at Wobbledef Grunch, released on Perfect Pop Records, a small label that was run by the group members and others from the indie-pop scene in Oslo.
The band once again broke up, but reformed in 2000 and made their third and final album, Nevermynd the Hillocks (Treble Without a Cause), again on Perfect Pop Records; it was released in 2002.
The music on all The Tables' three albums was a mixture of psychedelic pop inspired by English groups of the 1960s (especially the music represented on the Rubble compilation series on Bam-Caruso Records) and early indie pop à la Television Personalities; while the Monsters of Doom tracks were more psychedelic and hard-edged.
With their whimsy, somewhat surrealistic lyrics, and melodic hooks, The Tables gained a reputation in the Norwegian underground and other parts of the world.