The band was formed in the early 90’s in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by Efrim Menuck, Mauro Pezzente και Mike Moya. They played a handful of shows and recorded a self-released cassette as a trio before expanding the group by recruiting musicians from around the town during 1995-1996 which drove them to mount sense-rattling wall-of-sound performances, featuring as many as 14 musicians and several 16mm film projectors.