After splitting up the industrial-rock group Submachine, frontman Nik Hodges went onto form his second hyper-driven rock and roll piece, Flak. He earned previous Submachine drummer Steve Clark and guitarist Chris Sutton along with newcomer Full Crockford to try out bass hoping of creating a combination sounds comparable to Nine Inch Fingernails, Crystal Technique, and Pop Can Eat Itself. Flak released its self-titled debut on Restless Information in middle-2000.