FOTW was started in May 2005 by Brian Van Slyke and Alex Felsinger after networking on the internet.

The label was formed during the height of the Bush administration when conservative political pundits would argue that gay rights, an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other leftist ideas (which FOTW supports) would lead to an end to western civilization as we know it.

The label is currently on hiatus and is trying to restructure after being robbed while simultaneously having all of its major equipment malfunction.

Originally, Van Slyke produced the releases in the basement of his Oak Park home, doing every step of the production with the exception of cutting the booklets—a task that is now easily performed.

Most production—with a few exceptions (including the label's first cassette release which was produced from Felsinger's home in San Francisco) -- occurs in Van Slyke's residence in Amherst.