The formative interaction of the members of Slumlord Philadelphia took place on a Monday night at Upstairs At Nick's (r.i.p.) sometime in 1999. Rhythm section Ryan Kozar and Kevin Radar Cunningham were hooked up with an instrumental trio called Chuck. Guitarist Kermit Lyman fronted the prog-thrash combo Wally.

The two bands played together a few times then continued to pursue their respective agendas, and eventually both bands split up. Radar and Ryan went on to play together in Dead By Dawn and Darryl Ray and the Blues Outlaws. Individually, Radar toured with Incognegro and howled with The Rock-O-Jets. Ryan comprised half of The Shovel and held the beat with Gringo Motel.

Kermit recorded and toured with bagpipe rockers, The Rusty Nails, thrashed with the short-lived Malocches and filled the space with a drunken solo acoutic project.

Ryan and Radar began demoing new material in early 2004, and after a chance meeting at the grocery store, Kermit became a candidate for guitar.
The rest, as they say is even less interesting than the prelude.

They practiced on Wednesday mornings, wrote some songs, thought of a name, made a demo, played some shows, wrote some more songs and recorded their 10 song debut with Worldeater Records. They still practice on Wednesdays and plan to play more shows.