Reverend has gone through many lineup versions since its original inception, and despite David Wayne's death in 2005, the band is still active and continues to play in his honor.
After struggling with drug problems within his current band, David Wayne decided to leave Metal Church in the late '80's and find another group to join.
member Randy Piper and considered joining Piper's band Animal, but Wayne decided against it because Animal was experiencing the same problems which caused his departure from Metal Church.
[1] Around this time, Heretic, the band whose singer, Mike Howe, recently left to replace Wayne in Metal Church, called David Wayne repeatedly and urged him to at least listen to their songs.
Despite being reluctant at first, Wayne eventually met with the members of Heretic at a Denny's restaurant where they played him some of their songs on a tape recorder.