Formed in 1995 by Makoto Kawabata at the same time as the Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective. 
The group released its debut album in 1997 on PSF Records (Japan), and it was selected as one of the year's best albums in the The Wire magazine (UK). In 1998 the group played their first tours of the US and Europe. Since then the group has released a huge number of albums on labels from many different countries. 
As of 2017, the group has released around 80 albums. Every year since 1998, they have toured extensively in the US and Europe, and more recently have started performing around Asia and in Japan too. 
The group has performed in collaboration with many musicians including psychedelic originators Gong and Guru Guru, Simeon (Silver Apples), Nik Turner (Hawkwind), and the Occitanian trad sinder Rosina de Peira. Japanese collaborators have included Afrirampo, Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Maso Yamazaki (Masonna), Seiichi Yamamoto (Boredoms), Jun Kuriyama (The Ox), and many others.

Forks offre une vision personnelle et sauvage du rock psychédélique. Entre la contention et la délivrance à travers de passages soniques imprégnés de riffs stoner et seventies, ce quatuor veveysan opère comme une machine efficace très bien articulée autour d’une base rythmique ferme, d’explosions de guitares acides et de jeux de voix masculins et féminins. Il en découle une énergie pure aux frissons électriques, qui catapulte l’auditeur vers des états altérés et proches de la transe.  Les concerts des Forks sont doués d’une intensité rare sous un esprit très proche du garage, ce qui rend l’expérience très corporelle et physique, tel une ouverture de la perception.- Rodolfo Garcia -