It began in 1999, as a collaboration between Shannon Selberg, George Porfiris, Norman Westberg and John Fell.
Selberg predominantly has been the band's songwriter, whose sound was darker and more sinister than his previous work in The Cows.
With several references to the writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline, the band explored a thematic quality of black comedy.
The band received good support from the local NYC underground rock scene and prompted a full length release by Reptilian Records.
The buzz surrounding Heroine Sheiks at that point was huge due to the combination of Selberg, Westberg, Fell, and Porfiris who had done time in bands like Swans, The Cows, China Shop, Kelly Township, Foetus, Richard Hell, Miami Sound Machine, Ultra Bide; among others.
The production on Siamese was cleaner and had more of a standard mix next to Rape, but the successful formula of Selberg's toy keyboard and Westberg's signature guitar playing is very pronounced.
Turning towards Ros to help, he suggested bass guitar player Rob Kimball and drummer Eric Robel who were also from the band Sons of Mata hari.
The line-up included the bass guitar player Jesse Kwakenat (also of STNNNG), drummer Bruce "BJ" Wuollet (also of Disasteratti), Paul Sanders formerly of Hammerhead, and Sarah Huska (also of Ouija Radio).