MAYAN PROPHECY WAS FORMED IN THE CHILLING DECEMBER OF 2008. RICHARD HAD FINALLY COME INTO THE WORKING WORLD AND WAS FORCED TO QUIT HIS PREVIOUS BAND, BUT SOON REALISED THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSING. AFTER POSTING A MESSAGE ON A LOCALISED EBAY WEBSITE, WILLIAM WALLACE'S GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON, LEE, ANSWERED THE CALL STATING THAT A METAL BAND WAS TO BE FORMED. LEE ALONG WITH HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN ADAM AND BRENDAN DROVE THE TREMENDOUSLY LONG JOURNEY TO REACH RICHARD'S ABODE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CITY. THE BAND WAS FORMED!
LATER THAT WEEK, AS LEE WAS FIXING A GIANT MECHANICAL METAL BIRD, HE SMASHED HIS HEAD OFF OF A WING, AND SUDDENLY CAME TO A GREAT CONCLUSION... ANOTHER GUITARIST WAS NEEDED! NOW, RICHARD KNEW SOMEONE, AND DECIDED TO GIVE IT A SHOT. ANDREI WAS SUMMONED AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY JOINED THE RANKS AS SECOND GUITARIST.
...BUT THE BAND STILL NEEDED A NAME...
IT WASN'T UNTIL SUPERBOWL SUNDAY OF 2009 WHEN ADAM AND LEE WERE DRINKING 100% ABSYNTHE THAT A NAME OF EPIC PROPORTIONS AROSE. NAMES HAD BEEN UTTERED BEFORE, BUT NOT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. MAYAN PROPHECY WAS CHOSEN, AS NOTHING BETTER COULD BE THOUGHT OF AND THE DEADLINE TO THEIR FIRST SHOW DREW NEARER.
See-It-ThroughwroteSep 18/09
i dig your tunes. pretty solid sound. you guys really coming from london to play barrie? thats pretty extensive, how do you deal with the fan base being so far away?
Hey guys, want to help us out with a vote on here?
http://www.supernova.com/events/2258/vote
It'd be kickass of you!
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