The Rondelles three members were still in high school when they formed the band in the mid-1990s - Juliet Swango on guitar and vocals, Yukiko Moynihan on bass, and Oakley Munson on drums and keyboard. The band landed support slots for Sleater Kinney and Sonic Youth. At live shows, Munson showcased his signature method of playing a 3-piece drum set standing up, while playing the keyboard with his drum stick. This technique, combined with Swango's primitive guitar set-up created a distinctive garage rock sound. In Albuquerque, the Rondelles were part of a group of indiepop bands that often played together. Among these other bands were The Shins, Scared of Chaka, The Drags, The Alarm Clocks, The Young Adults, and The Ponies. The three members of the Rondelles were also three-quarters of the final lineup of the Albuquerque sci-fi-themed pop-punk act, LuxoChamp, behind singer-guitarist Brad Beshaw. Oakley played a full drum kit in LuxoChamp, and Juliet played a Moog and a Realistic keyboard. The band later moved to Washington, D.C., where they continued to perform and record nationally until late summer of 2001, when they disbanded after their first and only European tour. They recorded their second and final album, The Fox, in 2000 with producer Trevor Kampmann in an apartment recording studio in the Logan Circle neighborhood of D.C. A 4-week summer tour with The Mooney Suzuki followed its release, in addition to tours supporting Dead Meadow, Stereo Total, and others. Har Mar Superstar was a tour mate during this period as well, supporting the band on a U.S. tour in the summer of 2000. The band's final tour in the summer of 2001 hit Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, and France; final European tour lineup included guitarist Corey Shane and bassist Darian Zahedi, after Yukiko's departure in 2000.
Post-break up
Juliet Swango started her second band, The Foxx, after returning to Albuquerque in 2002. In 2004, The Foxx released a self-titled album; in 2007, a second album, Lila, was released on Chicago's Vinyl Countdown Records. Lila was recorded by San Francisco's Birdman Records artist Greg Ashley, co-produced by Juliet and the Foxx. Now based in Brooklyn, lineup Juliet on guitar/keyboard, bassist/vocalist Erin Emslie, guitarist Toni Lynn, and drummer John Dougherty. The band released an untitled digital EP in 2013, and entered the studio in Spring 2013 to record upcoming releases. Oakley Munson relocated in New York, forming the New York-based band The Witnessesin 2001 and went on to form Puddin' Tang with Kristen Munchheimer. He is also played in the Los Angeles-based Old Testament, with Jason Simon of Dead Meadow. As of 2016, he plays with The Black Lips. The Rondelles played reunion shows in 2007 and 2010.
