[1] The band was formed with two singers, Dixi Wu and Nico Sallach, two guitarists Danny Güldener and Marc Dobruk, bassist Stanislaw Czywil, and drummer Simon Yildirim.

Before joining To the Rats and Wolves, Yildirim was active as a drummer for We Set the Sun, which was signed to Redfield Records.

[3] This was followed by appearances at the Mair1 Festival, Bochum Total and Olgas Rock, and then went on tour in Germany again in the Fall as the support band for Electric Callboy.

[4][5][6] In January 2015, To the Rats and Wolves was booked for the Summer Breeze Open Air festival in Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria and performed in August of that year.

Singer Nico Sallach later joined as the clean vocalist for Electric Callboy, replacing Sebastian "Sushi" Biesler in the line-up.