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| Pain | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA |
| Years active | 1994 - 1999 |
| Label(s) | Springman |
| Members | |
| Dan Lord Mark Milewicz (Pose) Adam Guthrie Mark Kramer Elizabeth Milewicz Stuart McNair Chris Johnson Jason Reid |
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| Former members | |
| George Kennedy (1994; 1998-99) | |
Pain is an American rock band from Mobile and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The main songwriters Dan and Pose, grew up in Mobile and graduated from Mcgill Toolen High school in midtown Mobile. Though they have not produced any chart-topping hits, the band enjoyed a semi-mainstream following after touring relentlessly. Cartoon Network also aired a short two-minute music video set to their song "Jabberjaw (Running Underwater)", featuring the cartoon character of the same name along with "updated" versions of the rest of the show's characters.
Pain's sound features fast-paced lyrics, energetic punk rock rhythms, and frequent use of horn instruments. Their lyrical content is often humorous, touching lightly upon such subjects as Dungeons and Dragons as well as Greek and Arthurian legends, often creating entire plots and stories about fictional characters. Despite similarities in instrumentation and sensibility to third wave ska, Pain has expressed resentment at being called ska, stating a dislike for the genre.[1]
Most of the band's albums are now available on independent record label Springman Records. The band's current status is "on hiatus"; however, given that Mark "Pose" Milewicz is currently a faculty member at Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia and the vast majority of the rest of the band remains in or around Tuscaloosa, any new material seems extremely unlikely.
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Band members
- Dan Lord - Vocals
- Mark Milewicz (Pose) - Bass
- Adam Guthrie - Guitar
- Mark Kramer - Drums
- Elizabeth Milewicz - Keyboard
- Stuart McNair - Trumpet
- Chris Johnson - Saxophone
- Jason Reid - Trombone
Former Members
- Steve Scott - original drummer (1994)
- Jay Campbell - original Sax player (1996-98)
- George Kennedy - Drums (1998-99)
Discography
Albums
Goggins
Released in 1994 on Goggins Records. Currently out of print.
- Idle Hands
- Milk
- Gavin
- The Man Upstairs
- Excalibur
- Nitro
- Put Together
- Enough
- Army Of The Bored
Midgets With Guns
Released in 1996 on Springman Records.
- Pose Ode
- Milk
- Square Pegs
- Fight
- Midgets With Guns
- One-Legged Girl
- The People, The People
- Grudge
- Chuck Al Hashib
- Derision
- Island Of Fear
- Adam's Apple
- Ellen
- Pose Ode (fast)
Wonderful Beef
Released in 1997 on Springman Records.
- Malk
- In A Band
- Antidote
- Thimbledrome
- Put 'Em Back
- The Man Upstairs
- The Song Of The Seven Inch Cowboy
- Kokamantratarius
- The Bottlerocket War
- Gavin
- Suckerpunch
- Umbrella
- Easy Out
Full Speed Ahead
Released in 1999 on Springman Records.
- Juice
- Right On
- Full Speed Ahead
- Upright
- Codcake
- Who Took Botu's Picture?
- Futz Said Julie
- Goggins
- The White Recluse
- Jonathan Fallow
- Cap’n Scrub
- Excalibur
- Bean Bag
- Ukulele
On Air
Released in 2001 on Vegas Records. Live radio recordings.
- Antidote
- In A Band
- Put 'Em Back
- Midgets With Guns
- The Man Upstairs
- The Bottlerocket War
- Gavin
- Milk
- Juice/Square Pegs
- Derision
- Suckerpunch
EPs
Jabberjaw EP
Released in 1999 on Springman Records. Available as CD/CD-ROM or 7" vinyl. CD-ROM version is enhanced for computer with music videos, pictures, and more.
CD/CD-ROM Version:
- Jabberjaw (Running Underwater)
- Full Speed Ahead (Battleship Version)
- The Comeback
- The White Recluse (demo)
- Chris Gets Up On It!
- The Man Upstairs ("What a Man" version, Live)
7" Vinyl Version:
- Jabberjaw
- Full Speed Ahead
- The Comeback
Trivia
- In addition to the "Jabberjaw (Running Underwater)" music video, Pain has also received minor mainstream attention through the NBC sitcom NewsRadio. In a number of episodes station engineer Joe Garelli (played by Joe Rogan) can be seen wearing a T-shirt bearing the Pain logo.
- Pain recorded a version of "The Time Warp" for a ska tribute to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. However, the album was never released.
Notes
- ^ Pain official website, archived news for February 2 1997 - Retrieved March 6 2008
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