Formed out of the ashes of Fatal Illness, an eighties Montreal hard-core band, GrimSkunk had it's inception in autumn of 1988 from jamming in an old run down building on Bleury street in downtown Montreal formerly known as the BBC. Their main interest in playing together was to have fun and create there own brand of new music fuelled by there love of punk, rock, progressive and world music.

Giving into demand, GrimSkunk played their first show in April of 1989 and they've been touring world wide ever since, clocking on average 200 performances per year.

Wanting to encourage the independent music scene, GrimSkunk have started up Indica Records, opened up Skunk recording studio and set up a concert network in which bands exchange concerts in there respective fan based strongholds in order to guarantee exposure and crowds.

In studio, GrimSkunk usually record their records as if playing a live show. They've been known to produce albums in very little time. In fact their self titled 1994 album was recorded and mixed in only eight days.