The first nucleus of the band formed in 1986. In the 1993 the contract was signed with the Cygnus records (Vynil Magic) that will follow, the following year, at their first CD: "Ultimo Miraggio" In July of that year participating in the Prog Festival Altomonte, along with bands like Anekdoten, Osanna, Trono dei ricordi In 1999, the Mellow Records produced their second CD: "Diamanti" in addition to participation in the compilation tribute to "pop" Italian of 70 years made up of a box-set of 4 cd entitled: "ZARATHUSTRA'S REVENGE" with a cover of Pierrot Lunaire, "Sotto i ponti." In 2002, the Colosssus Progressive Music Association includes the group in the draft to put music on the Finnish epic poem "KALEVALA", with an original song: "The sound of Memories ( Il suono dei ricordi)" and always for Colosssus in 2005, recording a suite entitled "As wind back ( Come vento tornerò )", based on the films of Sergio Leone. "The colossus of rhodes." Out now :"Dante's Purgatorio - The Divine Comedy - part 2 ".The project took inspiration from the Dante Alighieri's Devine Commedy, and the Mad Crayon's track refers to "Canto XXXIII" (Chapt. 23) of the purgatory entitled "Is it this the price for the redemption?". Out now the last cd: PREDA Distributed by BTF / AMS and main online distributors for more information: http://www.btf.it/ http://www.madcrayon.it/ http://www.myspace.com/madcrayon http://www.facebook.com/madcrayon MAD CRAYON is a band that draws comparisons to the Golden Age of Italian progressive rock a generation earlier (BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO, etc.). Their 1994 effort, "Ultimo Miraggio," featured complex writing with bright vocals around frequent breaks and clever solos. In 1999, the band released "Diamanti". Progressive rock with an ear for melody, the music of MAD CRAYON illustrates why the genre is enjoying a second Renaissance in Italy. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.