1998-1999 was a period of intense personnel changes in the band. Stephen Cooper announced his retirement from the band in December 1997 and then, in February 1998, in a move that shocked the music world, T-ski leaves the band in order to pursue solo projects. In an exclusive interview given to the New Jersey Star Ledger, T-ski announces that he is composing an album of "heavy-metal cyber-anthems" (see Kevin Coughlin, April 6, 1998, Rutgers is teaching Web Sites How to Talk. New Jersey Star Ledger, Tech Section, p. 21, 24). His 21-year old son, Marcin, is quoted as saying "It's not bad, Dad, but you've got to scream more." There is also some incidental material in the article referring to T-ski's work as a computer scientist.

Other personnel changes during this period were the arrival of Nick Romanenko on bass guitar. Nick made his debut at Montclair University on March 21, 1998. J departed the band after an unforgettable vocal performance at Kenny's Castaways in November 1998. Sonja Souther joined the band in March 1999 after literally walking out of the audience to sing with the band at their performance at the Cornelia Street Cafe. Finally, to end this hectic period of change, Chad Dell joined the group playing guitar in May 1999 at the classic Kubeystock outdoor music festival in Highland Park, NJ.