The band was formed in June 2007 by Daniel Schmidt, Christian Kalle, Robert Kerner and Jan Siekmann.
In 2008, the band signed to EMI Virgin Records and during that year they won the Jägermeister Rock: Liga Video Contest and Beck’s On Stage Festival Challenge.
Daniel Schmidt was joined in production by Moritz Enders, who had previously worked with Donots, Revolverheld, Livingston and Blackmail.
On the same day they reached number 96 in the German album chart, ahead of releases by Jennifer Rostock and Jupiter Jones.
Bakkushan represented Baden-Württemberg on 1 October 2010 at the Bundesvision Song Contest, playing their fourth single, Springwut, released on 27 September 2010.
The band announced that they were close to finishing their second album in March 2012 alongside the release of a new single, Böse Mädchen feiern besser.