Brazzaville was formed in Sala, Sweden as Tongue Gongue. Their debut demo from 1995 was given a 4.5 (of 4) rating in SA and was named "demo of the year" by Patrik Björk of Backstage Magazine. In 1996 and 1998 they played at the Hultsfred Festival.
They were signed to Deaf & Dumb Records and in 1996 they released their five-track CD Introducing Brazzaville. It was followed in 1998 by the full-length album The Girl Is Allright....