Founding of the Men of Mayhem



The Men of Mayhem were founded when three friends, John Henley, Micky Kelford and Roger James when they returned from their tours in Vietnam. While on tour, their unit, which was dubbed as the Men of Mayhem were known to rush into enemy ranks and cause complete anarchy. The name was more as a slight against them, but despite brashness of their actions, they always seemed to be able to attain their objective with very few casualties.

Frustrated that they couldn’t find work after their tours in Vietnam, angry at how they were treated upon their return, and the lack of support from the Government and local law enforcement, the three friends decided to take their passion for the motorcycle world to a new level, making money their own way, defying everyone in the process.

Their old unit moniker was a fitting one for their new club.

They recruited four more people to the club, one being Stephen Garin, who had ties Russian Syndicate in Las Vegas. After setting up shop in Las Vegas, the new Men of Mayhem MC started off small, but throughout the years grew larger and more powerful. John Henley was the President, Roger James as the Vice President and Micky as the sgt. at arms.

As their numbers grew, Roger started to have his own ideas and direction as to where to take the club. And that direction led to the world of drugs and prostitution. Seeing the potential of gaining huge amounts of money in short periods of time, Roger jumped at the chance and tried to persuade the rest of the club that it was a good idea to get lots of money. The vote was half-half, but because John was the President and had voted against it, the club had to honor his wishes on the matter.

Things quickly started to deteriorate with the Sin City Charter. Word of mutiny was starting to spread, most likely spearheaded by Roger. Instead of possibly losing the Club that John loved so much, he offered Roger the chance to start a new Charter in Reno where he could be the President in order maintain peace between the patch-members that sided with John versus the ones that sided with Roger.

So, with little convincing, Roger took half the club with him and started the Reno Charter where they flourished.

The Men of Mayhem Las Vegas Charter, also known as the Sin City Originals, stayed true to their beliefs and goals of the club 'till this day.