Circus Of Dead Squirrels were created by Ripchord, NTL, and Von Boc during 2001, and were heavily influenced by industrial bands such as KMFDM, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails. Their first independent release, entitled "Indoor Recess", was released in January of 2004, and was put out on ForaNatioN. The debut featured 10 tracks and was engineered, mixed, and co-produced at Slaughterhouse recording studios by Mark Alan Miller (Out Out, Metropolis Records.)