Prior to releasing their eponymous first album, Porno for Pyros embarked on a nationwide tour to support the new act. By the time the band's debut eponymous album was released in 1993, anticipation surrounding the project briefly drove the album to 3 on the Billboard top 200 list.
For the follow-up album, Good God's Urge (1996), LeNoble quit during recording after completing the majority of the bass tracks. Ex-Minutemen bassist Mike Watt was brought in to finish the album and would subsequently join the band on tour. The album also featured the post-Jane's Addiction reunion of Farrell with guitarist Dave Navarro, who made a guest appearance on the track Freeway, along with Red Hot Chili Peppers' bass player Flea.
The act split in 1998 but boasted a brief reunion in 2009 with the original line-up to perform at Farrell's 50th birthday party. It would be their 2018 reunion that would last, however.
