Editing Blue Meanies (Illinois band) (section)

===MCA Records era===
The band signed with [[MCA Records]]<ref name="ct"/> towards the end of the commercially successful [[third-wave ska|third wave of ska]], with a line-up consisting of John Paul Camp (III) (saxophone/ vocals), Sean Dolan (guitar), Jimmy Flame (trumpet/ vocals), Chaz Linde (keyboard/ vocal), Dave Lund (bass/ vocals), Billy Spunke (vocals/ megaphone), and Bob Trondson (drums). By this time, a total of twenty-two musicians had passed through the band since their formation,{{cn|date=April 2024}} including Jay Vance, as a bass player, who went on to form the one-man metal band Captured! By Robots.<ref name="pitch"/>

Their sixth full-length album, ''The Post Wave'', released in late 2000 on MCA Records, was the most musically different from their other five albums. In 2001, the band regained the rights to ''The Post Wave'' and reissued it on [[Thick Records]], their original record label.

The band ceased touring, though they never issued an official break-up statement.