The Mydols were born on Memorial Day 2002 at a BBQ. As husbands talked sports and children ran amok, Judy Davids bamboozled her neighbors - Paige Gilbert, Pat McGough and Kara Rasmussen -into starting a band. Judy had been inspired to take guitar lessons after seeing Jack White perform at her sons' elementary school.

Despite that none of these midwestern hausfraus had ever played an instrument before, it was full steam ahead and never mind the laundry.

By the end of the summer the band had a name. (Judy's husband John came up with it in a car driving to a party.) Some of The Mydols even owned instruments and a few took lessons. They had T-shirts, a web site and Kara's husband, John, started writing the girls some songs.

In September, with the kids back in school (all 10 of them), they began practicing in an upholsterer's garage in Detroit.

In October, after only six practices, The Mydols performed 3 songs at a bar called The End of the Park. An adoring crowd of PTA friends and local drunkards witnessed the trainwreck.

In December, they organized a holiday concert for their friends and family at the local YMCA.

In 2003, The Mydols started playing out..."for real". Soon they were the opening act at some of Detroit's hottest clubs including The Lager House and the Magic Stick. In addition, they hosted their own "Mom's Night Out" shows at Lily's Seafood in their home town of Royal Oak.

In May, the Royal Oak Daily Tribune ran a feature story on the band and they appeared on the local news. They hosted a BBQ/concert on Memorial Day in a park to celebrate their accomplishments.

Still unable to master their instruments, they went ahead and recorded "Sally Has A Kitchen Accident" anyway. Len Puch - who had produced bands like the Gories and Nine Pound Hammer - and Tim Pak recorded the mothers at the Woodshed Studio.

And in 2003, these rockin' soccer moms also started their own soccer team...also called The Mydols.

By 2004 The Mydols were making national news, beginning with landing a spot in "Little Steven's Battle of the Bands" nationwide contest. The contest led to their first road trip away from their kids, traveling to Cleveland to compete.

By the end of the summer they had appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the supermarket tabloid The Sun. They performed live on the nationally syndicated Mitch Albom Radio Show and were guests on numerous morning radio shows across the country. They also appeared on The Today Show and CBS Early Morning.

In October, they appeared in People Magazine which led to an appearance on "Inside Edition."

They continued to host "Mom's Night Outs" and performed on Memorial Day for their neighbors.

At the end of the year, The Mydols had the great privilege of recording with Grammy and Oscar winner Luis Resto (with Eminem - "Lose Yourself"), a holiday ditty called "Merry Freakin' Christmas."

In 2005 the band was spotted across the country. They were in-studio guests on KZHT in Salt Lake City. They were 'Critics' Pick of the Week' when they traveled to Nashville and St. Paul, where they performed in front of 2000 people at a Minnesota Roller Derby.

In May, they participated in Mamapalooza. CBS Sunday Morning did a feature story on Mamapalooza Detroit, where police came and locked the doors due to over-crowding, and they also performed at Mamapalooza in New York City.

In November, Judy traveled to Seattle and participated in panel discussions (with GoGos bassist Kathy Valentine) on "music and motherhood" at the Rockrgirl Convention.

In December, The Mydols taped "Late Night with Kevin Ferguson" during a blizzard in Fort Wayne. The show aired on Christmas Night.

To make life on the road easier, Dodge sponsored the band with a Grand Caravan. To make life easier on stage they were sometimes joined by ripper Liz Scaris.

And let us not forget, in 2005, The Mydols opened for Judy's FAVORITE band (in the universe) Seattle's Supersuckers!

2006 got off to a SUPER start with a single called "Thank God for the Superbowl." The Mydols performed the song at the Dodge Superbowl Party and live on FOX Weekend.

They continued to get great press and were featured with their Grand Caravan in a European magazine called Freedom. They also appeared - for the third year in a row - on national television when they taped an episode of the Greg Behrendt Show on the topic of "second chances".

The Mydols continued hitting the gravel, with trips to New York, Los Angeles and Toronto where they participated in the North by Northeast Music Festival.

Notably, the band opened for Kathy Valentine and the Impossible at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. The Mydols were invited to come on stage and sing backing vocals when Kathy sang the GoGos hit "Vacation" with Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Famer, Clem Burke, twirling his sticks behind them.

And believe or not, in 2006, this group of busy working-mothers received a Detroit Music Awards nomination for "best pop/rock recording" for their CD titled "Born to Iron". (Much thanks goes to producer Jim Edwards.)

Also after years of last place finishes, The Mydols soccer team took second place and moved up to Division D.

Not bad for the little band that thought it could!

The Mydols continued to wow crowds with their music and kitschy performances in 2007. In March, the band played at the infamous Paycheck's Lounge at the Hamtramck Blowout--Detroit's answer to SXSW. The band also played Gilda's Club's Noogiefest for the second year in a row, and jumped on a plane to play in Oakland, California at the Art & Soul Festival.

Their recording of Roller Derby Queen became the anthem of the Detroit Derby Girls, and then the Aussie Derby Girls discovered it on a continent on the other side of the globe. Mydols' music also appeared on Innocence is Bliss--a compilation of some of the hippest girl bands in the world.

They were the third guests to appear on the Royal Oak Show--after the Mayor and Superintendent of Schools. Not too shabby. And they appeared on the cover of Twist Magazine.

The Mydols hosted MamapaZOOza at the Detroit Zoo, and filmmaker Kate Perotti completed her travels with the band for a documentary called Momz Hot Rocks.

Mydols' guitarist Judy Davids, completed a memoir called Rock Star Mommy to be published in April 2008 by Citadel Press.

And in 2007, a definition "Mom Rock" found its place in the Urban Dictionary.