They formed in 1991 under Leper Messiah but later changed their name and released their first album in 1993, which included their Signature Song "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which would later be re-recorded for their second album in 1994 and did well on the charts. A third album was released in 1998 and their fourth in 2001 before splitting up. They reformed in 2014 and are active to this day.
Discography:
- 11th Song (1993)
- Home (1994)
- Byzantium (1998)
- Deep Blue Something (2001)
- Locust House (EP, 2015)
You'll say we've got nothing in common, no common ground to trope from:
- Band of Relatives: Toby and Todd Pipes are brothers.
- Break-Up Song: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is about the narrator trying to get his girlfriend to stay with him by trying to find something in common between them, such as the fact both of them liked Breakfast at Tiffany's.
- Celebrity Song: "Saint Morrissey".
- Commonality Connection: Played for Laughs in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," where an attempt at a Commonality Connection comes off more like Damned by Faint Praise. The singer's girlfriend wants to break up because she feels they don't have anything in common anymore and have drifted apart, and when he attempts to counter this claim, the only thing they can agree on is that they "both kind of liked" Breakfast at Tiffany's.
- Design Student's Orgasm: The cover of their Self-Titled Album shows some drinky birds on a beach with some drinking the water.
- Epic Rocking: "Cherry Lime Rickey" is 6:26 long.
- Hidden Track: The Title Track of 11th Song, which plays after the album's version of "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
- Lyrical Dissonance: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" has an upbeat tune that wouldn't be out of place in a cheesy love ballad. It's actually about a couple whose relationship is on the brink of collapse because they have nothing in common. The singer brings up the titular film, which his girlfriend recalls "[they] both kinda liked". It comes across as the man being so desperate to save his doomed relationship that he's resorted to grasping at straws to find some sort of common ground with this woman he shares nothing with.
- Rearrange the Song: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was re-recorded for Home.
- Rhyming with Itself: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" rhymes "The world has come between us" and "Our life has come between us" possibly to avoid having to talk about something that rhymes with "between us" and starts with P
. - Self-Referential Track Placement: The Title Track of 11th Song, which is a Hidden Track that plays after the original version of "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
- Self-Titled Album: Their fourth album is just called Deep Blue Something.
- Shout-Out:
- The original band name Leper Messiah originated from "Ziggy Stardust".
- Their signature song Breakfast at Tiffany's, which the narrator uses to show that he and his girlfriend still have something in common in an attempt to save their failing relationship.
- Word Salad Title: Deep Blue Something was the exact response one of the founding members gave when put on the spot to come up with a band name.