Talk:Crain

Just a little note: Crain will be reissuing Speed in April on Temporary Residence. It might be called Speed+ as it'll have a couple extra songs, Fuckerman and Breathing Machine and maybe some others. It makes me happy cause the remastered version is good, as are those extra tunes.

- Connor Bell

the remastered Speed record is fantastic, as are the bonus songs. A must have for any fan of Louisville music (regardless of genre or time period). See the discussion page for that release for reviews. - Bryan Volz

the following is all by Will and is awesome:

Cerebellum broke up due to musical differences. Crain played their first show the next day. At first, it was Will, Tim, Jon, and Drew. Drew only played the first show. After a couple of shows where Tim and Jon sang, Kristin Shelor was added on as vocalist. She never played a show. Tim and Jon kept singing until after the fall of '89. Joey Mudd quit Crawdad and sang for Crain. Eventually, Joey ended up playing guitar, and everyone shared the singing. Crain recorded at Sound on Sound studios in Louisville in August of 1990. They released a split 7" on Slamdek/Scramdown records. Deathwatch was on the flipside. This record was given out free at the door at the Crain/Endpoint show on September 7, 1990 (Zodiac Club).

June 2, 1989 - Cafe Dog. Bands: Crain, King Kong, Krakh.
June 9, 1989 - Party Zone, Ramada Inn. Doan's B'day party. Bands: Crain, some cheezy redneck band with no name.
July 14, (Bastille Day), 1989 - Cafe Dog. Bands: Crain, King Kong, Slint. The cops busted the place for being a fire hazard during the middle of Crain's set.
August 4, 1989 - Braden Memorial Center. Bands: Crain, Antman, Slint. This was in retaliation to the bust at The Cafe Dog. The cops had made some racial slurs there, and this was the "Rock Against Racism".
November 12, 1989 - Simon Furnish's birthday party. Bands: Crain.
March 23, 1990 - CD Graffiti's. Bands: Sholanda, Crain, Jawbox (from Washington, DC).
March 30, 1990 - Red Barn, UofL Campus. Bands: Crain, Oblong Box
May 12, 1990 - Tewligan's Tavern. Bands: Crain, Jesus Lizard (Chicago).
June 9, 1990 - Red Barn, UofL Campus. Bands: Crain, Crown of Thorns.
June 14, 1990 - Louisville Zoo "Summer Safari". Bands: Ubiquitous, Crain
June 26, 1990 - The Kentucky Theater. Bands: Crain, Fugazi (Washington DC)

Will started to practice with Scott Ritcher and Simon Furnish to form Sunspring. Will and Simon ended up quitting about three months into things. They never played a show with that lineup.

August 14, 1990 - Zodiac Club. Bands: Lettuce Prey, Circus Lupus (NY), Crain.
August 23, 1990 - Zodiac Club. Bands: Crain, Superchunk (Chapel Hill, NC), Geek (DC)
August 24, 1990 - Zodiac Club. Bands: Crain, Amenity, Urge Overkill (Chicago).
September 7, 1990 - Zodiac Club. Bands: Sister Shannon, Crain, Endpoint.
November 3, 1990 - Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH. Bands: Crain.
January 2, 1991 - Zodiac Club. Bands: Sister Shannon, Crain, Nation of Ulysses
January 18, 1991 - Zodiac Club. Bands: Dybbuk, Crain, Human Remains, Doas
January 30, 1991 - Zodiac Club. Bands: 7 More Seconds, Crain. 7 More Seconds was a 7 Seconds tribute band. Will played the drums along with Scott Ritcher (Sunspring) on bass, Chad Castetter (Endpoint) on guitar, and Lee Fetzer (Endpoint) singing. They recorded their show on DAT, and released it on Slamdek. It was a limited edition of 52 copies.
February 17, 1991 - Vogue Theater. Bands: Dybbuk, Crain, Kinghorse
March 1, 1991 - The Czar Bar, Chicago, IL. Bands: Control, Crain, Trenchmouth
March 16, 1991 - Zodiac Club. Bands: Crain, Anteitam (NY)

Crain's first full 7" was released around April 15, 1991. The record had 4 songs, and played at 33rpm. It was released on Automatic Wreckords, a label started by Jon Cook particularly for this record.

April 28, 1991 - Snagilwet (formerly Tewligan's Tavern). Bands: Crain, Evil Twin Theory, Superchunk (Chapel Hill)
June 26, 1991 - Snagilwet. Bands: Sunspring, Crain, Bikini Kill (Olympia, WA), Nation of Ulysses (DC)
July 31, 1991 - Snagilwet. Bands: Boris, Crain, Volcano Suns (Baltimore)
August 23, 1991 - Uncle Pleasant's. Bands: Crain, Jesus Lizard. Will got to play drums for Jesus Lizard during their sound check.
September 27, 1991 - The Wrocklage, Lexington, KY. Bands: Crain, Bastro
October 6, 1991 - Uncle Pleasant's. Bands: Erchint, Crain, Kinghorse
October 12, 1991 - The Rocket House (Jon Cook's house on 4th St.) Bands: Crain.
October 15, 1991 - The Rocket House. Bands: Crain, Sebadoh

On November 13-15 Crain went to Chicago to record in Steve Albini's basement studio on 8-track. Crain did 11 songs there, 10 of which were relased on the Speed LP.

November 20, 1991 - The Rocket House. Bands: Unwound (Olympia, WA), Crain
November 21, 1991 - The Print Stop, Atlanta, GA. Bands: Bikini Kill, Crain, The Nation of Ulysses.
November 22, 1991 - Warehouse Billiards, Chattanooga, TN. Bands: Children of the Root, Needle, Fiddlehead, Crain
November 23, 1991 - The Orpheus, Knoxville, TN. Bands: Unkown 1, Unknown 2, Crain, G.G. Allin (yes, THE G.G. Allin...now I shall go vomit again...)
November 26, 1991 - DC Space, Washington, DC. Bands: Quill, Crain, Chris Blad 96.
December 31, 1991 - 1919 Bonnycastle Ave. (Will, Scott Ritcher, Greta Ritcher, Breck Pipes, and Joey Mudd's house). Bands: No Comply, Sunspring, Crain

Around December of 1991, Will started playing with Undermine, whose drummer, John Causey, had quit. Undermine was Sean McLoughlin singing, Tak Tsuji playing guitar, and Chris Layton doing the same, and Scott Bryant on bass. This outfit practiced for about a month, when Tak decided to quit. Will, Sean, and Chris kept practicing, and recorded a 1 song demo at Falk Studios on January 26, 1992 (see Undermine's page.)

March 3, 1992 - Another Place Sandwich Shop. Bands: Hula Hoop, Crain, Sebadoh
March 15, 1992 - Tewligan's. Bands: Dybbuk, Crain, Big Wheel

Crain and Circus Lupus Tour

Crain kicked off this tour by recording 3 songs at Inner Ear Studio in Washington, DC.

April 2, 1992 - Khyber Pass, Philadelphia, PA. Bands: Railhead, Crain, Circus Lupus
April 3, 1992 - The Middle East, Boston, MASS. Bands: Edsel, Crain, Letters to Cleo, Hypno Love Wheel
April 3, 1992 - Radio show on WMBR, Boston. Engineered by Bob Weston. (downloads at this page)
April 4, 1992 - Hampshire College, Amherst, MASS. Bands: Mr. Jones, Crain, The Lunachicks, Circus Lupus
April 6, 1992 - The Euclid Tavern, Cleveland, OH. Bands: Crain, Gobblehoof, Circus Lupus
April 9, 1991 - The Czar Bar, Chicago, IL. Bands: The Moon Men, Circus Lupus, Crain, Dog
April 10, 1992 - O'Cayz Corral, Madison, WI. Bands: Big'n, Crain, Circus Lupus
April 12, 1992 - Speed Boat Cafe, St, Paul, MN. Bands: Crain, Circus Lupus, Plaid Retina
April 13, 1992 - Exit 99, Fargo, ND. Bands: Godhead Silo, Crain, Circus Lupus
April 17, 1992 - John's Alley, Moscow, ID. Bands: Mighty White Meal, Circus Lupus, Crain
April 18, 1992 - OK Hotel, Seattle, WA. Bands: Unwound, Crain, Anteitam, Circus Lupus
April 19, 1992 - The Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA. Bands: The Spinnanes, Unwound, Crain, Circus Lupus
April 21, 1992 - The Vogue, Seattle, WA. Bands: Spike, Crain, Circus Lupus, Nothing
April 22, 1992 - Mother's Pub, Spokane, WA. Bands: Butt Tuba, Circus Lupus, Crain
April 23, 1992 - Belmont's, Portland, OR. Bands: Crain, Circus Lupus, Drunk at Abi's
April 24, 1992 - The Chameleon, San Francisco, CA. Bands: Crain, Circus Lupus, Jawbreaker
April 25, 1992 - The Gilman Street, Berkely, CA. Bands: Backwoods, Circus Lupus, Crain, Supersuckers, Gashuffer
April 26, 1992 - Mansion Cellars, Davis, CA. Bands: The Winona Ryders, Circus Lupus, Crain, Drop Acid (Kevin Second's band)
April 29, 1992 - Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO. Bands: Lilawatt, Crain, Circus Lupus
May 3, 1992 - Another Place Sandwich Shop. Bands: Sunspring, Circus Lupus, Crain

End of tour

May 7, 1992 - Uncle Pleasants. Bands: Crain, Circle X
May 22, 1992 - The Brown School Alumni Showcase
June 21, 1992 - Tewligan's Tavern. Bands: Sancred, Ennui, Sunspring, Crain
June 27, 1992 - Bogart's, Cincinatti, OH. Bands: Crain, Mule, L7

I went on to play in bands once I moved to Asheville, NC to go to college. I wish I had kept track of all of the shows and bands, but alas, I didn't - Will Chatham (from http://music.willchatham.com/history.php)