Team began as a solo project conceived by documentary film director Ian Parton, who wanted to create music incorporating Sonic Youth-style guitars, double Dutch chants, Bollywood soundtracks, old school hip hop and electro.

Team's first album, Thunder, Lightning, Strike, was released in the UK and Europe on the Memphis Industries label in September 2004.

The song "Get It Together" from Thunder, Lightning, Strike also received popularity, being featured in trailers for the video game LittleBigPlanet.

[9] The track "The Power Is On" from Thunder, Lightning, Strike was included in "The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to Present.

The album featured samples and live band recordings, as well as special guests such as Chuck D, Solex, and ex-Bonde do Rolê singer Marina Ribatski.

The album received mostly positive reviews from critics; Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.2 out of 10, expressing "Proof of Youth mostly recaptures the enthusiasm and unique sensibility of Thunder, Lightning, Strike, further filling that niche for lo-fi sample-based old-school-noise-rap we never knew we needed filling.

"[13] Jeff Weiss of Stylus Magazine gave Proof of Youth a "B", considering the album a "satisfying sophomore effort", but criticising the band's inability to sonically expand from Thunder, Lightning, Strike.

They later released a 2-disc limited edition of the record with b-sides of the album including "Milk Crisis", "Phantom Broadcast", "A Version of Myself", and a remix of "Grip Like a Vice" by Black Affair.

[16] On 5 August 2010, the band announced a collaboration with Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof, entitled "Secretary Song",[17] and the track listing for the new album Rolling Blackouts was confirmed on 28 October 2010.

The track, which features vocals by Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, is backed with a cover version of Betty and Karen's "I"m Not Satisfied" sung by French singer Soko.

The single was A-listed for five consecutive weeks on BBC 6 Music in the UK as well as picking up "most requested" status on Triple J Radio in Australia.

On 5 September 2011, during a Q&A at the Hot Press chatroom, Parton and Ninja confirmed that the current band line-up would split following the 2011-12 tour to focus on other projects.

Team's website and YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts showing a montage of images with new music playing in the background.

"[20] The new line-up also included guitarist Cheryl Pinero, drummer Simone Odaranile, and multi-instrumentalist Angela "Maki" Won-Yin Mak.

Team announced a new band line-up and the title of their sixth album, Get Up Sequences Part One, which was subsequently released on 2 July 2021.

[29] In July 2024, the band announced a reissue of their debut album Thunder, Lightning, Strike and a Fall 2024 tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the record.

The new edition of the record, which was released on September 13 from Memphis Industries, included a bonus disc of Parton’s original CD-R versions of the songs on both CD and vinyl reissues.