Members have know each other for years. Glou, CKP, Trix, and Spoon attended Oak Park River Forest High school together in Illinois. Each playing in their own orchestra and bands. Glou, Dave, & Spoon went on to Northwestern University where they met up with singer Amy Totch. Meanwhile CKP attended U of Wisconsin - Madison, where he met bass player Rusty Ehler. After college all of them returned to Chicago where CKP started an 8 piece hip hop band by the name of absTRACT giANTS. In November of 2004 Doko Benjo was born. Willis, a mutual friend soon joined the band and CKP met Stizo thru his work with hip hop band Contriband.