Melissa Farris and Margaret McCartney met while working at the Zig Zag Cafe in Washington, D.C.[1] They founded Tuscadero on Halloween of 1993 with bassist Phil Satlof and drummer Jack Hornady.

The band was signed with Mark Robinson of Teenbeat Records shortly after and released two EPs in the spring and summer of 1994: Mt.

Their debut LP, The Pink Album, was released that fall, influenced by girl groups and the pop culture of its members' 1970s childhoods, such as board games and Nancy Drew.

[4] Farris later founded the band Dame Fate with bassist Yalan Papillon, releasing one album, Time and Tide Wait for No Man, in 2002.

[7] Two additional reunion shows were played in December 2014 as a benefit for a Teen-Beat Records intern who was facing mounting costs from leukemia.