In 1993, the band, named for a special kind of toy
marble, released its self-titled album, which fused
progressive rock with dubstep sampling. The album received a
Juno Award nomination for
Alternative Album of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 1995. Following
Project Twinkle, the band also performed a number of
improvisational shows under the pseudonym Junior Relaxer, which would become the title of their third album in 1997. The album's lead single, "Rational", was the band's biggest hit, and garnered the band a
MuchMusic Video Award nomination for
Best Video at the 1997 MMVAs. In 1999, as Junior Relaxer, the band gave a number of performances at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto. Percussionist Robin Easton participated as drummer 14 in the
Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in
Brooklyn,
New York. That year King Cobb Steelie released an album,
Destroy All Codes. After several years of only occasional activity, the band played a 20th anniversary benefit show at
Lee's Palace in Toronto, Ontario, on April 16, 2011, with proceeds going towards
Ontario Hands & Voices, an organisation dedicated to supporting families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. In the fall of 2012, the band re-released
Project Twinkle on
Pheromone Recordings and performed the album live in its entirety at the
Horseshoe Tavern and at Van Gogh's Ear in Guelph as part of the Stay Out Of The Mall XI festival. On December 12, 2013, King Cobb Steelie released
Goodbye Arcadia, a four-track EP. This was their first new material in nine years. That year they performed a concert in Toronto as part of the Long Winter concert series. In April 2022, member Mike Armstrong died from a cardiac event. ==Discography==