In the spring of 1994 The Huntingtons were receiving regular airplay on WKDU, the radio station of Pennsylvania's own Drexel University. The station's playlist made it's way to the now defunct REX Records. An REX employee found the playlist and contacted the band through the deejay who had been playing the band's song. They were then asked to send in a demo of their material for label consideration. Several months after sending in the demo, they received a call from the same REX employee who was now leaving REX to begin his own record label. He wanted then to sign with his new label and on September 10, 1994 The Huntingtons became the first band to sign with Flying Tart Records.

The band was to begin recording their first album in early 1995. But, several huge blunders by the label prevented them from recording then and they were told that they would record soon. It would be another year before the band would finally be allowed to record their album. They recorded 'Sweet Sixteen' in February 1996 and released it in June of the same year. While this album doesn't sound very good and, in fact, never even got mastered (the final EQing and volume setting stage of album production) it served its purpose well, that of simple introduction. The Huntingtons played several large music festivals that year as well as their normal share of local gigs, as well as beginning the writing for their next record.

It was about this time that they got the idea of recording a complete album of covers by their favorite band, the Ramones. The band had only spent $650 recording 'Sweet Sixteen' and figured that they could record their favorite Ramones songs for even less. They were right. They went into the studio and 15 hours later, it was finished. But, Flying Tart Records didn't want to put it out, so they decided to do it themselves. The band's deejay friend, who had helped them get signed, had some money he didn't know what to do with so the band asked him for the funding. He agreed and a few months later, The Huntington's: 'Rocket to Ramonia' was finished and released by the label Lying Fart Records (an obvious jab at our real label). This record is limited to 1000 CD-only copies.

In the Fall of 1996 Cliffy was given the phone number of the man they considered to be their all-time favorite producer. His name is Mass Giorgini. He's recorded albums by Screeching Weasel, The Queers, Riverdales, and many others. For several years, Cliffy had daydreamed about having Giorgini's name appearing on an album of his, so now that he had his number he was gonna use it. Cliffy called the number and was surprised to find himself talking to him. After a couple questions (namely, who are you?), Cliffy was told that anyone could buy time at Giorgini's studio but that he wouldn't directly work on it unless he liked the material. So, the band sent him 'Sweet Sixteen' and 'Rocket To Ramonia' and called him again a few weeks later. He said that he liked the songs and would help us record something that actually sounded good. The Huntingtons would be given 10 days of Mass' time in the latter half of January 1997.

Getting the label to agree to the expense involved was no easy task as they were still a little sore over the band's using a parody of their name for the 'Rocket To Ramonia' record. In addition, the label had recently been sold to a large corporation and was unsure of getting the go ahead of such expense for such a relatively unknown band. The expense needed was really not that much when compared to most records in America, but it was a pretty big jump from the cost of the previous record they had put out. After about a month or so they agreed and the band began preparations for the recording. The 10 days in the studio with Mass Giorgini actually turned out to not be enough time and we had to sacrifice backing vocals on three songs. Still, the guys had made the album they wanted to make, entitled 'Fun And Games', which was released in July of 1997. A single was also released at the same time, called The Only One and featuring three songs from the Mass Giorgini sessions that didn't make it on the album.

After recording the album they decided to add an additional guitarist to the band. While playing the Cornerstone festival the previous summer the guys met a kid by the name of Brad who had hung out with them during the festival and had given them a demo tape of a band he was in. So, the band called him up to talk about the possibility of him joining the band. He mentioned his band was breaking up and he would be ready to move to Delaware in a few weeks (no easy task as Brad is from Illinois, quite a huge distance from Delaware). On February 23, 1997 Brad became an official member of the Huntingtons.

After the release of 'Fun And Games' in July they again played the music festivals, as well as making plans for their first ever tour. The tour would be a month long, covering the midwest and the south. The tour got booked and off they went driving through the country the entire month of September 1997. It was a highly successful tour. This actually surprised them since they had heard many horror stories from other bands who had tried to tour. Then, they returned home from tour to find out that Flying Tart Records was being shut down by the corporation who had bought it. So, they signed with Tooth And Nail Records in November 1997.

December came and off they went again. Back to work with Mass Giorgini for the second time, and on their fourth full length album. High School Rock was recorded the album in 15 days and was released May 12, 1998, on Tooth & Nail Records. Lately, The Huntingtons have been really busy touring and releasing several new projects, including a 20-song Ramones cover album released April 12, 1999, entitled 'File Under Ramones', and two albums of original content, entitled 'All The Stuff & More Volume 1' (album cover below) and 'Get Lost', an album of new material with 14 songs released July 27, 1999. They are now working on more albums, including an album of new material entitled "Plastic Surgery", which will be the first album for latest drummer Josh Zimmer, the replacement for Davey.

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