 In 1996 they toured briefly as an opening act for the then-popular band Live but were not received well by the Live fanbase.Thinking Fellers has been largely dormant since 1996, having toured sporadically and released only one full album, "Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche", since.In 2001, author Jonathan Franzen referenced the band in his novel "The Corrections".