 Lombardo, one of the founding members of 10,000 Maniacs and responsible for much of their early sound, had left the band in 1986 due to "creative and political" differences.The pair signed with Rykodisc in 1990 and recorded their first album "Victory Gardens" which was released in 1991, and were the opening act for the Maniacs on the Time Capsule Tour in late 1990.They followed up with their second release, "The Weedkiller's Daughter", also on Rykodisc, in 1993.