ROXY PAIN!

Roxy Pain is. These mascara damaged art drunks formed Roxy Pain in 1971 in London, Ontario. The only surviving members of a social experiment gone terribly wrong. When their leader and guru "the old one" revealed himself as a follower of Cthulhu; they took their energies and abilites and directed them at the evil of "organized things". Current members are Wolfy Pt II., Kayrock, Mike P. and O.J. Over the years the band has gained and lost the following members (never to sacrifice or murder): Sandra "Mother" H., PCRZ, Omid "Battletorn" Y., Trisha "Milk for Cats" M., Emily "Piano God" M., Pia "Machete" V., Chris M., Maya H., Andrew "Home" D., Seth M., Billy "Bikini Kill" K., Katie "Young People" E., Casey "Loose" L. and special honorary dancer Charlie "Brown" R.

After a brief association with the Baader-Meinhof Gang; they traveled throughout Europe and Russia. They settled in North Africa to search for the Ultimate Urban Contemporary Sound. Scheduled to play the first US Festival in 1983; several members of the band, out of their gourds on Peyote, found themselves in Iceland; in search of the Holy Mountain. The others retreated to corporate sponsorship by such companies as Buster Brown Shoes and Kiwi Shoe and Boot Polish. The resulting intranet book proved to be the band's downfall, as a rash of poorly informed investments caused them to loose their musical ability. The two factions decided that the only balance between ideas and ethics was to reform and move to New York City. Roxy Pain is an Antipleonast band. Their sound has been described as "John Carpenter meets Hawkwind"

Feel free to contact Roxy Pain via
email: roxypain@gmail.com
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/roxypain

CARELESS WHISPERS 12" RECORD RELEASE PARTY

SUNDAY MARCH 11
CLUB EUROPA
8PM
98 MESEROLE, GREENPOINT
WITH
W.A.N.T.E.D.
S-S-S SPECTRES
GOLDEN TRIANGLE

Def Side:
1.) ORIGINAL VERSION

Dope Side:
1.) SUPER INGGO MIX
2.) DETH CHOOCH SPACECAMP MIX
3.) RADIO EDIT
4.) A CAPPELLA

12" 33RPM. Pressed by Brooklyn Phono

LITTLE MAN E.P.

Roxy Pain
Littleman E.P.

Side A:
1.) The Last Bullet, Two More!
2.) The Chauffeur of Throats

Side B:
1.) Care - A - Lot
2.) Middle East

Printed in the Check Republic on 45 RPM, 7" Big Hole Vinyl. Recorded by Seth Mysterka at New Sonic Studios. Album art by Matthew Brannon. Cover and labels hand silkscreened at Kayrock Screenprinting.

BEST OF THE LAST FOURTY YEARS CD

01.) Care-a-lot
02.) Middle East**
03.) Last Bullet Two More
04.) The Chauffer (toilet roll)
05.) A Short Lession in Linguistics
06.) An Obvious Plot We Can Stop
07.) Tunnel Hunt (instrumental)
08.) The Chauffer (instrumental)
09.) Black Metal
10.) Donna Summers Fall*
11.) Helter Skelter*
12.) "Do you Remember a Black Purse and Kippers?"*
13.) I Know What Boys Like*
14.) Donna Summers Spring*
15.) What if Evil Were Alive [night station]
16.) Blindfold Yourself with Lust [mob stereo]
17.) Creature in Your Head [rabid lassie]
*w/ sandra h. **w/ chris m. & reed a.

Live on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic wfmu 91.1fm

On Saturday, January 14, Roxy Pain played live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T. You can listen to the whole program ( the pain begins at 58:40 ), or jump straight to the cut of your choice. All songs engineered by Joe Belock

1.) I Got a Knife
2.) Care-A-Lot
3.) Last Bullet
4.) Middle East
~5.) Rainbow in the Dark
6.) Black Metal
7.) An Obvious Plot We Can't Stop

SHOWS: click link to change background image, click to see poster.

POSTERS

Press

Flavorpill, Feb 2006
AM NY Feb 23, 2006
New York Damage Jan 17, 2006
The Wire, Feb 2006
Time Out New York, Jan 2006
Artforum, Nov 2003

ANTIPLEONAST 04 MANIFESTO

THE HISTORY OF ALL HITHERTO LIVE ROCK SETS IS THE HISTORY OF ATTENTION STRUGGLES.

ROCKER AND FAN, BARTENDER AND DRUNK, CRITIC AND MUSICIAN, CLASSICAL MUSIC AND PUNK ROCK, IN A WORD, OPPRESSOR AND OPPRESSED, STOOD IN CONSTANT OPPOSITION TO ONE ANOTHER, CARRIED ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, NOW HIDDEN, NOW OPEN FIGHT, A FIGHT THAT NEVER ENDED, EITHER IN A REVOLUTIONARY RECONSTITUTION OF SET LENGTH AT LARGE, OR IN THE COMMON RUIN OF THE OFFENDING BAND.
ANTIPLEONAST 04 COUNTERS THIS CONDITION BY OFFERING AN INDISPUTABLE RULE KNOWN AS THE VOW OF BREVITY.

"I SWEAR, TO SUBMIT TO THE FOLLOWING RULE DRAWN UP AND CONFIRMED BY ANTIPLEONAST 04:

1. SET LENGTH MUST BE LIMITED TO 20 MINUTES.

FIRST AND FOREMOST I AM ON STAGE TO ENTERTAIN THE AUDIENCE. I SWEAR AS A MUSICIAN TO REFRAIN FROM PERSONAL TASTE AND TO DO SO BY ALL THE MEANS AVAILABLE EVEN AT THE COST OF GOOD TASTE AND PERSONAL AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS.

~THUS I MAKE MY VOW OF BREVITY."

PUNKCAST

Joly at Punkcast filmed Roxy Pain's three hour performance of Erik Sate's Vexations at Canada.

As one walked in a large poster displayed the neoplanast argument for a vow of brevity. That no music should be longer than 20 minutes. In defiance Roxy Pain's announced intention was to play the Satie piece for as long as possible, until everyone got so pissed off they couldn't continue. They were already a good half-hour in when I started taping, and I shot a whole hour of tape without much signs of let up. As I took a break more people arrived, and the band seemed to get their second wind.