Pete Miser met drummer Talbot Guthrie and together they formed what originally was a nine-piece group.
[1] They grew to be a ten-piece group that performed at venues such as La Luna, Satyricon, Roseland Theater, X-Ray Cafe, and Berbati's Pan.
Pete Miser, the lead vocalist described the Portland hip hop culture as "dope, but it has such a marginalized status".
[4] The members take influence from old-school rap and Bootsy Collins funk and differ from their peers by generating sounds from instruments instead of electronic sampling.
[7] The group toured for several years on the west coast from California to British Columbia and played with acts like Fishbone and Maceo Parker.