In 1990, this five piece band released One Job Town, to critical acclaim in Canada, Europe and Japan. The CD was nominated for a Juno award as the Best Roots Traditional Album of the year. When lead singer Michelle Rumball left the band at the end of that year, songwriter Chuck Angus took on the job of singing the songs he had been writing all along. With the addition of piano player Rick Conroy the group set out to prove they weren't dead. The sound became tougher, and the band more diverse.

Since then, they have logged a lot of miles, and written a lot of songs. The result has been a Juno nomination in 1992 as the Best Country Band of the Year. In 1993, the group released Watershed, a seventeen track CD, on their own Jimmy Boyle Records. It drew critical acclaim across the country. In 1994, Macleans Magazine chose the Angels as one of the hottest up and coming bands in the country.

The band has played across the country at festivals, nightclubs and picket lines. They have performed at folk festivals in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Whitehorse, Guelph, Regina, Calgary and Mariposa. They have also trekked out to mining operations in the Yukon and north of Wawa to play for miners and their families.

The Grievous Angels have been described as follows:
"The Grievous Angels are a national treasure...Chuck Angus sings flatter than a dirt road in Saskatchewan, but one day his songs will rank up there with Ian Tyson, Stan Rogers and Gordon Lightfoot"
- Edmonton Journal

"It's no secret that the songs of Chuck Angus should be taught in every classroom in Canada"
- Canadian Composer