The band's first album, from 1989, featured Roderick Wolgamott playing with
Jon Auer and
Ken Stringfellow from
The Posies. The second album, released in 1990, featured the same trio, joined by
Scott Mercado, Alfred Butler, Stephen Brian-Salit, Mark Ultra,
Kevin McCoy and
Jeff Guess. In 2012, bassist
Jon Davison joined British progressive rock band
Yes, performing as their lead vocalist. As a result, he was unavailable to rejoin the band when they reconvened in 2016. In 2016, founder Roderick Wolgamott premiered a new line-up, alongside original drummer Ben Ireland, guitarist Ron Nine (
Love Battery) and bassist Kurt Danielson (
Tad). In 2017, the band co-wrote and digitally released "War Song", a new single co-written by Wolgamott and Ron Nine. The band recorded several new songs, at Sound House with Jack Endino, who engineered Nirvana's
Bleach, and Soundgarden's
Badmotorfinger. Later in 2017, Jack Endino along with Curt Eckman (
The Walkabouts), and Kevin Whitworth (
Love Battery) joined the group. In September 2017, they headlined at Psychfest in Seattle. Together, the band recorded more songs, including re-releases of some very early Sky Cries Mary material. A studio album,
Thieves and Sirens, included songs from their most recent collaborations and was released digitally in 2017. A vinyl and CD release of
Thieves and Sirens was issued in 2018 following live appearances in March and April. On March 25, 2020,
Secrets of a Red Planet was released on Trail Records. In January 2022,
Wandering in the Vastness was released on Trail Records. In August 2023,
Everything Goes Somewhere was released on Trail Records. ==Discography==