Formed in 2006, the band's final line-up was lead vocalist Benny Santoro, guitarist Mike Abiuso, bassist Charles "Mr. Chark" King, keyboardist Joseph Occhiuti and drummer Austin Ferrante.
[6] They recruited Samuel Parsons on bass (who was also a former member of Sprained Personality and Bottom of the Blood Well), Jake Weinreb on drums and Jessica Homan on keys to record some demos.
[7] Shortly after signing with Red Blue Records in March 2009 to release their first album, the band parted ways with Jessica and Jake.
Joseph joined the band after he and Benny unexpectedly became friends in college, after previously meeting due to a former girlfriend who had an affair with both of them.
[13] On June 24, 2011, The Venetia Fair released a 5-track EP titled The Pits, featuring four original songs and one cover.
In September 2012, the band announced that they had left Red Blue Records and would be self-releasing their next album, funding it via Kickstarter.
[18] In October 2012 the band began pulling together the means to make their first self-released album, Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We've Got in Our Brain, by using the website Kickstarter to reach out to their fans for funding.
Gifts for backers included anything from T-shirts and signed posters to musical lessons, personal songs, cover song requests, lifelong access to concerts, parts in their music videos, a treasure map, pinky fingers, a hair collection, going on tour with the band, and plenty more odds and ends.
The vinyl featured additional artwork in the form of a rotating pinwheel of images beneath the front cover, a color-splattered record, and 100 of the 250 packages included a special SwitchBitch package including a poster, the 2013 SwitchBitch Sampler, and download cards for artists on the label.
Lead vocalist Benny Santoro comments, "We said we'd cover anything they wanted and we got 6 very different songs from different genres and different eras in music, each with their own challenges.
[27] The band, however, had to drop off the tour early after Benny's throat got infected, risking long term damage if he had continued to perform.
[28] His reason for leaving is unknown but he remains good friends with the band and will be continuing to work alongside Mr. Chark with their company Black Market Custom.
Lead vocalist Benny Santoro stated in a 2010 interview, "Musically, it's intended to be theatric, melodic, chaotic, catchy, creepy and startling all at the same time so we're influenced by a lot of different stuff.
"[8] The band has given The Blood Brothers, Billy Joel, Danny Elfman, Mötley Crüe and The B-52's as some examples of their wide variety of influential musicians.