Pitmen were founded in the spring of 1995, when drummer Peer Timmer and double bass-player Grischa Dördelmann where looking for suitable musicians to play with.

They became attentive on Christian Waleschkowski (voice / acoustic guitar) who was performing at this time with an Irish Folk group.

In spring 1998 electric guitar player Maik Kaczmarek joined the band when Christian Rubbert left.

Arnd left the band in April 2002 so ex-Dildo Brothers drummer Daniel Dolch played with them for several years.

[6] 2009 tours include appearances on “Club Sin pt9” (Tampere, Finland) and “Psychomania Rumble” (Potsdam, Germany) festivals.