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Singer/guitarist [[Eric Bachmann]], guitarist Eric Johnson, bassist Matt Gentling, and drummer Mark Price, all originally from [[Asheville, North Carolina]],<ref name="ashevillenow.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ashevillenow.com/arts-entertainment/music-clubs-nightlife/ |title=Introduction to the Asheville Music Scene |author=Hunter Pope |publisher=Asheville Now |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911210443/http://www.ashevillenow.com/arts-entertainment/music-clubs-nightlife/ |archive-date=September 11, 2010 }}</ref> formed Archers of Loaf in the early 1990s. Eric Bachmann was a saxophone major at [[Appalachian State University]] before dropping out because he "didn't want to be a high school band director."<ref name="houstonpress.com">{{cite web| url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2003-11-27/music/quit-loafing/ |title=Houston - Music - Quit Loafing! |author= Melanie Haupt |publisher=[[Houston Press]] |date= November 27, 2003}}</ref>
Their initial release in 1992 was a 45" single, "Wrong" b/w "South Carolina" given away free with issue 1 of ''[[Stay Free!]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pettediscographies.com/archersofloafsingles.asp |title=Archers of Loaf Discography - Singles - Pette Discographies: A Record Collector's Guide |publisher=Pette Discographies |access-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Archers-Of-Loaf-South-Carolina/master/775079|title=Archers Of Loaf - South Carolina|website=Discogs|date=October 2, 1992 |access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>
The band signed with Alias records, and released their second single "[[Web in Front]]" in February 1993; it received moderate college radio airplay. The song was featured in a season five episode of ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'', and was included on the soundtrack of the movie ''[[Mallrats]]'' in 1995.
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