Pike has it roots firmly sunk into the soil of 90's alternative and 80's punk. With alternating male and female lead vocals and joyous harmonies they're reminiscent of bands like "X" or even the B52's, while incorporate snarling, distortion-heavy guitars and driving rock percussion. Lyrically, they feature pop-cult/horrorshow/comic-geek poetry with an occasional "love" song here or an "I hate my job" song there.

Their first two releases, The Sound Of Power Tools EP (2005) and From Someone So...