The M's were formed in 2000 by Josh Chicoine, Joey King, Steve Versaw and Robert Hicks.
Chicoine, King and Versaw met in the winter of 1999 and began collaborating in a makeshift studio in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood in which the short lived group, Sanoponic, was formed.
After Sanoponic's dissolution, they began working on new material with Hicks who had the name The M's in mind for a new project.
Glenn Rischke joined the group in 2008 for the release of their last recording to date "Real Close Ones".
[2] In 2011, The M's released a digital-only EP "The Personal Touch" on Movings label, recorded collaboratively with electronic trio from Chicago TV Pow.