STARDATE: 20260818........ Now in Atlantida, UY. new song: "Viviamos En Uruguay". Nice to be in a place where people are genuinely very happy!
STARDATE: 20220703........... Core members and song writing duo made their new home in Brookings, Oregon. Scouting waters for new rhythm section.
STARDATE: 20200629........... Band observing pandemic lockdown but songwriting in full swing with 5 new songs in the works. Getting up to speed with the new video camera and "Live Streaming".
STARDATE: 20191122........... Newest song, "Ship To Infinity" one of our best songs in 50 years of songwriting is finished, arranged, charted, and ©
STARDATE: 20181201.............. RoA welcomes Jim Alderson as our new Drummer, and Rodney Olivier as our new Bassist - A lot of Great New Songs such as, "Checkin' Out On You" and "Dark Water" written since our last bio update, stay tuned!
STARDATE: 20161020......................... Reverbnation changed Our Band profile page and we Hate the new look! Also they change the way the text reads: use to be Artists you sound similar to. Now it says: "Influenced by: Pat Benetar, Led Zeppelin Official, Heart, Triumph, Montrose". Sorry this is NOT really an accurate statement!
STARDATE: 21050701 ........................ MJ12The band has changed they're name to: RINGS OF ALCYONE ......................... "Keep Portland Weird" single being pressed on Vinyl 45 RPM with "How Much I Love You" on side B - received the test pressing today - Release 9/28/2015..........................................................................................................
Finished our New Song; "Keep Portland Weird" and another new one: "Fukdup" which is about 'Inequality' is ready to record
We are Totally Thrilled to be working with Keith, our Awesome New Drummer!
UPDATE: Stardate; 20130701..............
We have been back in Portland, OR a little over a year and working to build a fan base after a 20 year absence and having a great time!
UPDATE: Mary & John returned to the Portland, OR area in 2012 and continuing on. They are extremely happy living in the Great NW and currently reforming the band with new members.
John and Mary formed the band, MJ12, in September of 2006. They started writing and performing together in 1995. .. Between Marys' writing and deep, jazzy, rock sound and Johns' creative, music writing, they have created many songs together and more in the works. Making a recent move to Grand Junction, Colorado, they have met and teamed up with Joel Young. .. John is an accomplished, self-taught, lead guitar player from Portland, Oregon. John started playing guitar at 15. He has created his own electrifying sound. A dedicated fan of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, John prefers hard rock, metal and blues. .. Mary was raised in Los Angeles in a show business family. Her father, Ed Hennessy, was a renowned singer, actor, comic, writer, director, and story teller from the east coast. Marys' Dad encouraged and inspired her to sing and perform with him, at the tender age of six. She became a professional dancer, for a time, but didn't consider song writing, singing and playing rhythm guitar, professionally, until meeting John in 1994. ..
