Becker and Kyser split off during the 1981-1982 period, and posted an ad at Skip's Music[1] seeking a bass player and another guitarist.

[2][3] The newly formed band played some of the same covers as the Les Z Boys, and also began to introduce original songs by Kyser.

While most of the essential groups of the time were pushing back the limits of the form, Thin White Rope had the distinction of managing to breathe new life into the genre.

"[6] The band contributed a cover of Roky Erickson's "Burn the Flames" to the 1990 tribute album Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye.

Their use of twin guitars was as thrilling and distinctive as anything Thin Lizzy or Television achieved with 12 strings: coiling, concentric lines, overloaded and unfailingly malevolent, with brutally deployed and expertly controlled feedback.