Joe and the Chicken Heads was the original name of the band now known The Radioactive Chicken Heads. The band first formed in 1993, influenced by the theatrical bands Green Jelly and GWAR as well as the children's songs of Barry Louis Polisar and rock parodies of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Their first public performance was at their junior high school talent show. After producing a few homemade cassettes in the 90s, they appeared on a number of compilation CDs