[1][2] Throughout 2008, the band entered music competitions, and applied to record company auditions.
[4] The band began performing lives in late August 2010,[5] and released their debut single "Postman John" in September.
The band's debut album, Zoo & Lennon was released a month later in October 2010, under independent label Evol Records' sub-label, Actwise.
The band released an extended play, Ethnofunky Dostoyevsky Comecome Club EP, in August 2010, and at the same time Tōyama began writing a column for alternative magazine Skream!.
[6] The band's Ichi-bō Ni-bō San-bō Yon-bō Go-bō Roku-bō, Tōyō no Techno.