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Crain Stats

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Record Labels:

Slamdek, Automatic Wreckords Restless Records

Started By:

Will Chatham, Jon Cook, Tim Furnish, Drew Daniel.

Based In:

Louisville

Largest show:

2000+ people @ Bogart's in Cincinnatti

First show:

6/2/1989

Last show:

Dec.29,1996 at The Sugar Doe Cafe (the first show atThe Sugar Doe Cafe)

Reunion show:

N/A

Number of Members:

10

Booking:

The Original Bitch

Crain was at the forefront of Louisville's noise/indie scene and recieved a bit of attention nationwide (although not as much as say, Rodan) partially due to recording with people such as Steve Albini in Chicago. But with that said, it's not to slight several phenomenal records that the band put under it's belt, most notably the rare (until the recent reissue) Speed and the Heater album.

The name "Crain" was reportedly a nod towards some of the members previous band (Cerebellum) as Crain was to refer to your "Crainium". The bird "Crane" had nothing to do with it. Member Jon Cook has ranted and raved for years about putting the band back together, sometimes with the same name, sometimes under another "brain" related name, but either way, it's unlikely that he'd ever work with Tim again. (Jon did eventually work with Tim Furnish again playing drums in Parlour) (2006-2010). He is on the Parlour Simulacrenfield LP from 2010.

Members went on to Parlour, Matmos, The Soft Pink Truth; and spent time in Undermine, Spot, Cerebellum, Pope Lick, Sunspring, Lead Pennies, Endpoint, 7 More Seconds, and many, many more... (comeon, it's not like I'm going to try to list all of T. Bailey's bands).

Members:
Lineup One

Tim Furnish - Guitar
Jon Cook - Bass
Will Chatham - Drums
Drew Daniel - Vocals
Kristin Shelor- Vocals

Lineup Two - (SPEED LP)

Tim Furnish - Guitar
Jon Cook - Bass
Will Chatham - Drums
Joey Mudd - Vocals/Guitar

Lineup Three

Tim Furnish - Guitar
Jon Cook - Guitar
Jason Hayden - Bass
John Causey - Drums

Lineup Four - (HEATER)

Tim Furnish - Guitar
Jon Cook - Drums/Guitar
Jason Hayden - Bass

Lineup Five

Tim Furnish - Guitar
Jon Cook - Guitar
Jason Hayden - Bass
Tony Bailey - Drum

Lineup Six

Tim Furnish - Guitar
Jon Cook - Guitar
Todd Cook - Bass
Tony Bailey - Drums

Releases:

Crain/Deathwatch 7" (Slamdek)
Rocket 7" (Automatic Wreckords)
Crain/Assuck Split 7" (Allied Recordings)
Speed LP CS (Automatic Wreckords)
Monster 7" (Compulsiv Records)
Crain/The Grifters 7" (Simple Machines)
Heater LP CS CD (Automatic Wreckords/Restless Records)
Speed (Reissue) CD (Temporary Residence)

Compilations:

Omphalos CD (Richies Lemon Herb Media)
Working Holiday CD contains Crain/Grifters split (Simple Machines)
Half Cocked Soundtrack CD Hey Cops! (Matador)
Louisville Sonic Imprint CD/2x12" Barnacles (Ghetto Defendant)
Circus Lupus/Derelict Hotel/Jack'O Nuts/Crain 7" (Compulsiv #3)

Shirts/Merch:

Atom - black shirts w/ crain in white above a bright illustration of an atom

Video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2O4xtS0RHZM -- The UFO Song

External Links

http://www.crainspeed.com (MP3's from Speed reissue, pics, more)
http://www.parlour.net/crain/index.html (photos, etc)
http://music.willchatham.com/ (MP3s of released and unrealeased stuff)
http://www.willchatham.com Will Chatham's site

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 Crain was at the forefront of Louisville's noise/indie scene and recieved a bit of attention nationwide (although not as much as say, [[Rodan]]) partially due to recording with people such as Steve Albini in Chicago. But with that said, it's not to slight several phenomenal records that the band put under it's belt, most notably the rare (until the recent reissue) [[Crain:Speed|Speed]] and the [[Crain:Heater|Heater]] album.
-The name "Crain" was reportedly a nod towards some of the members previous band ([[Cerebellum]]) as Crain was to refer to your "Crainium". The bird "Crane" had nothing to do with it. Member [[Jon Cook]] has ranted and raved for years about putting the band back together, sometimes with the same name, sometimes under another "brain" related name, but either way, it's unlikely that he'd ever work with Tim again.
+The name "Crain" was reportedly a nod towards some of the members previous band ([[Cerebellum]]) as Crain was to refer to your "Crainium". The bird "Crane" had nothing to do with it. Member [[Jon Cook]] has ranted and raved for years about putting the band back together, sometimes with the same name, sometimes under another "brain" related name, but either way, it's unlikely that he'd ever work with Tim again. (Jon did eventually work with [[Tim Furnish]] again playing drums in [[Parlour]]) (2006-2010). He is on the [[Parlour]] [[Simulacrenfield]] LP from 2010.
 Members went on to [[Parlour]], Matmos, The Soft Pink Truth; and spent time in [[Undermine]], [[Spot]], [[Cerebellum]], [[Pope Lick]], [[Sunspring]], [[Lead Pennies]], [[Endpoint]], [[7 More Seconds]], and many, many more... (comeon, it's not like I'm going to try to list all of T. Bailey's bands).
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 *[[Will Chatham]] - Drums
 *[[Drew Daniel]] - Vocals
+*[[Kristin Shelor]]- Vocals
 ''Lineup Two - (SPEED LP)''
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 *[[Tony Bailey]] - Drums
-Also in there somewhere briefly:
-*[[Kristin Shelor]] - vocals
 '''Releases:'''
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 '''Shirts/Merch:'''
 *Atom - black shirts w/ crain in white above a bright illustration of an atom
+'''Video'''
+*http://youtube.com/watch?v=2O4xtS0RHZM -- The UFO Song
 =External Links=