Band officially formed

The band officially formed in 1992. The band spent of the next year writing and recording the band’s first batches of music; an EP named Nervous and Weird , and then the band’s first album, World of Noise . The sessions were plagued by a lack of resources and funds, with the band only have their own pooled $400 to fund the album’s recording. This in itself defined the album’s sound; Alexakis noted the album’s lo-fi rock sound was “not because we were cool, just because we couldn’t afford anything better” The album’s name was self-referential, both in the anger and frustrations Alexakis felt about the hardships of his life up at that time, and that the band’s old guitar amp would overheat at times, causing sparks and “a cacophony of feedback and noise. Retrospectively, the album would receive praise; AllMusic described it as “alternately crisp and noisy indie-punk …Alexakis’s witty, gravelly vocals make this album a left-hook of a debut.” However, at the time of the release, Alexakis became frustrated at the lack of exposure the albums received, citing a lack of promotion and marketing from his label Tim/Kerr Records . Alexakis became more active in promoting it himself, and hiring outside contractors to assist.