The name is based upon Blighty, being slang for Great Britain; and parodies the title of the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas"; it is also ironic, as the album is not particularly techno-based.

Before forming Fluke, Jon Fugler and Mike Bryant had played in two punk bands together named The Leaky Radiators and The Lay Figures.

The third member of Fluke, Mike Tournier, was introduced to the group when he undertook work on a collaboration with Fugler entitled "Skin".

[2] Although a commercial failure, as well as being very different in sound to the band's later works, the group persisted and released another two white label vinyls: "Thumper!"

"[6] At this early stage in their career, the band realized that they would experience the greatest artistic freedom if they had their own recording studio and took it upon themselves to obtain their own premises.