The pair went into seclusion for roughly two years, completely reinventing themselves visually, and developing their sound—a significant departure, both in style and complexity, from their previous ventures—in a New Jersey–based home studio.

Speaking with Yahoo Music Editor-in-Chief, Lyndsey Parker, in a 1998 interview, Quigley said of the project's inception: Their first unofficial release was a 1993 demo entitled Are You Willing to Die for Rock 'n' Roll?

During the previous spring and summer, Wallingford and Quigley had fully realized their desired individual and combined visual presentation(s).

[3] The impact of these combined efforts proved to be sufficient substitute for Vaganza's then-lacking live band to generate an industry buzz and eventually land the pair a contract with Elektra Records.

The album was co-produced by Vaganza and, the recording's engineer, Greg Frey (the latter of whose credits included work with Ween, Richard Auguste Morse, and Quigley's old band, Skunk).

Regarding their live performances, Lyndsey Parker wrote (from the above-referenced 1998 interview): During the autumn of '98, the group was dropped by Outpost (the imprint itself folded altogether in late-'99).