 It was founded by Shant Garabedian and Artin Haroutunian.They were later joined by Hassan Ali Al-Falluji, Akhlad Raof and Nadeem Hamid, who left the group in 2009 for personal reasons, Artin Haroutunian who left the band in 2011 due to his decision to live in Holland,Marwan Sameer (Pianist/Keyboardist) joined in 2012 and left 2014.The brainchild of Art (Artin) and Shant, the group was originally formed in 1999, during the last years of Saddam Hussein's presidency.