Green and Dawson met at Exile on Main Street Records in
Mount Kisco, New York, and began working together. Green put out a 7-inch EP called
X-Ray Vision under the name the Moldy Peaches, featuring recordings he made from 1994 to 1996 with Dawson and various other friends, notably Jules Sheridan, a songwriter based in Scotland. Green and Dawson recorded a CDR album in 1998 under the name Moldy Peaches 2000 called
FER THE KIDS before Dawson moved to
Port Townsend, Washington. In early 1999, Green joined her there, and more home and live recordings transpired. The band returned to New York City as a four piece later in the year, including Jest Commons, guitar, and Justin Campbell, drums. They became active on the New York City
anti-folk scene, playing at the
SideWalk Cafe before the band broke up. The Strokes dedicated their album
Room on Fire to his memory. In 2003, a second album
Moldy Peaches 2000 was released, a double-CD compilation of various scraps and live recordings. After an extensive U.S. headlining tour in the winter of 2003, the band went into hiatus in early 2004. However, the band reunited in late 2004 for a one-off show to benefit Accidental CDs, Records and Tapes, a hole-in-the-wall record store on Ave A in NYC. That store was an early supporter of the band and helped hook them up with the gig that ultimately got them their record deal. Both central members embarked on solo careers. On December 2, 2007, Dawson and Green played an impromptu set together at The Smell in
Los Angeles to end a show where Dawson was headlining. They changed the lyrics of the song "Who's Got The Crack" to "Who's Got The Blues". On December 3, 2007, the Moldy Peaches played at the
Juno film premiere. The band was booked to appear on ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' on January 14, 2008, but they canceled because of the
writer's strike. Dawson has said that she is not keen to reform the band at present. However, Dawson and Green did appear together on the NPR radio show
Bryant Park Project on January 16, 2008. and appeared on television show
The View on January 21, 2008. Subsequent to the success of the
Juno soundtrack, which hit No. 1 on the
Billboard 200 on its third week of physical release, the song "Anyone Else but You" was released as a UK single on February 25, 2008. On November 13, 2011, the Moldy Peaches played a short set at the
Knitting Factory in New York. The Moldy Peaches played three European sets in 2023, in London, Barcelona and Madrid. On August 10 and 11, 2023, The Moldy Peaches played two sets at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY. On October 13, 2024, the Moldy Peaches released an alternate version of 'Anyone Else but You'. ==Solo projects==