four million years ago, the transformers' shuttle from cybertron crash-landed on earth.  the decepticons went out into the world and started reaking havok upon the planet with their bad music.  thee autobots had fallen into a deep sleep, from which they did not awake until the late nineteen seventies.  they only awoke one by one, however, and were in different areas of the state of alabama (one of them in pennsylvania), so they lost each other for a number of years.  one, jack, formed a punk rock musical group called themack.  another, solomon, was clued into the other's whereabouts when jack was searching for a new drummer. solomon filled that role in early nineteen ninety-five.

themack broke up on july seventeenth, nineteen ninety-five, after playing their last show.  drummer solomon and guitarist jack knew their true calling had not yet been fulfilled.  they met with doug (bassist) in late july, nineteen ninety-five, at checkpoint: ryan pierce and began work on the battle strategy and their manifesto, which was to be written in the form of "songs".  they performed their message at checkpoint: ryan pierce and at world conspiracy, where they saw erma channeling the message and doing an interpretive dance in the audience.  they snatched her up and thee autobots were once again solidified as a team.  this was in august, nineteen-ninety five.

over the next fourteen and a half months, they continued to fight the forces of the decepticons' bad music at many locations in the state of alabama.  twenty portions of the manifesto were written and recorded during this time.  they fought for justice until the day that they had to move on, finally realizing that the decepticons and alabama were unconquerable.  the group still considered themselves trimphant, however.  thee autobots played their final musical performance on november 9th, 1996.  their only weapons were their will of good and their instruments, and luckily for us, all twenty of their tunes were recorded, and their legacy is the pile of vinyl that they left behind.  they were truly more than meets the eye (and ear).