DJ Halo and Chase 1 formed The Criminal Minds in 1985,and while at college DJ Halo met Iceski who would become the lead emcee in The Criminal Minds. Upon meeting another DJ called Spatts they released their first EP entitled 'Guilty As Charged', this EP was funded by Halo selling his decks and the group, plus friends and family chipping in with some cash. Soon after Safe D and CMD joined the group and they released 'Tales From The Wasteland' again independently on their own label. Many tracks were recorded but not released in the following years.