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Finn had previously been a part of [[60 Wrong Sausages]] and [[Bush]], both of which recorded demos but never released any official music (with the exception of "[[The Answer Man]]" by 60WS, which appeared on ''[[Video Capture Device]]'' a number of years after the band dissolved). Around [[2000]], he formed his own band in Portland, Oregon called "Organic Mechanic". It included drummer [[Talbott Guthrie]], saxophonist [[Joe Cunningham]] (who would later go on to release a solo album through [[Amorphous Records]] titled ''[[Dadeye]]''), and bassist [[Norm Buccola]]. Before the band's lineup was finalized, [[Pat Wilson]] acted as a temporary drummer, playing for demos recorded in early [[1999]].<ref>[[Recording History - Page 11#Winter - Spring 1999  |Weezer Recording History - Page 11]]</ref> The band played as an opening act for a number of Weezer shows in [[2000]] and was mentioned in multiple [[Karl's Corner]] updates.

The band released their first (and only) album, ''[[Organic Mechanic (album)|Organic Mechanic]]'', in [[2001]]. It was the first project to be released through [[Karl Koch]]'s personal record label, [[Amorphous Records]]. It saw a CD release, available by mail-order through the Amorphous Records website, as well as through the online music distribution service CD Baby and in select record stores around Portland.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021020015257/http://www.karlophone.com/amorphous/index_OM.html ''Organic Mechanic : News, Shows, Reviews, Info'' on karlophone.com (archived October 20, 2002)]</ref>

Multiple demos were recorded for a possible second album. One, titled "[[The Hippie Dance]]", recorded in Fall [[2002]], was made available for download on the Amorphous Records website. Despite the band's activity, a follow-up album was never released.

By March [[2004]], the Organic Mechanic page on Amorphous Records stated that Finn was recording new material for a non-Organic Mechanic project with Guthrie, and in February [[2009]] an update was added claiming that Finn and Guthrie were ready to launch the band.<ref>[http://www.karlophone.com/amorphous/index_OM.html ''Organic Mechanic'' on karlophone.com]</ref> No further updates were made to the page and it is not known what the name of the new band was.