Sash and Jun met during their Swiss military service in 1989. The following year, in 1990, they formed the rock band Sash. Tom founded the grunge band Quahadi, and Jun joined them to play bass and perform in some gigs. Tom and Sash had known each other since childhood, so it was only natural that the trio would form illNow after various other projects.

illNow? Sash and Tom grew up in Illnau, a small town close to Zurich, and still live there. The three musicians wanted to go back to their roots and form a heavy rock band. They spent many hours in the basement composing new songs. The result was two EPs, which were recorded in Studio 16 in Winterthur by Cam Van As from Vancouver, Canada, and partially mixed and mastered in Germany. Their goal was to play a handful of gigs every year, which they achieved. Besides music, it was friendship that drove the band to keep going until 2018, when they took a break. Who knows — there might be a comeback one day!