The Checks' brand of blues-driven, jazzed-up, high-energy, raw, soul madness has seen the young band sell out venues that are packed to the rafters with dance-crazed punters.
In January 2003, Embraced by student radio, the five teenagers from Auckland’s Devonport first performed at a friend's birthday party. The set consisted of an eclectic mix of cover songs.
The Checks first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Singles on 23 May 2005 with the song What You Heard. There are eight entries by The Checks in the charts with one reaching Number One.