Drain STH (STH for Stockholm) was a
rock
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girl band from
Sweden.
Biography
Stockholm quartet Drain STH underwent many changes in both musical style and image. Guitarist Flavia Canel and drummer Martina Axén had been together in many acts starting with
punk
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band
Livin' Sacrifice (not to be confused with the
thrash metal
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band
Living Sacrifice
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). As this act progressed the sound developed into more of a
hard rock vein.
Livin' Sacrifice evolved into Aphrodite with Axén, Canel, vocalist Malin Ekholm, guitarist Maria "Mia" Landberg, and bassist Marianne Hall. Aphrodite folded upon Ekholm's departure in 1990.
Axén, Canel and Anna K formed a new band called Ragdoll in 1991 that included vocalist Annie Gutå.
With Gutås's departure, Axén, Canel and Anna K joined forces with former Necro Nancy guitarist-turned-vocalist Maria Sjöholm (later wife of
Black Sabbath
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guitarist
Tony Iommi
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). They changed the name to Drain and signed a deal with MVG Records in 1994. For the American market the band was known as Drain STH. Live promotion in North America included second stage appearances at the
Ozzfest
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event in 1997 and 1999, and tours with
Type O Negative
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,
Corrosion of Conformity
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,
Machine Head
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,
Megadeth,
Godsmack
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and Black Sabbath among others. The 1999 album ''Freaks Of Nature'' would be noted for the inclusion of the track "Black", co-written by Iommi, along with two tracks — "Simon Says" and "Right Through You" — co-written by
. In ''
Metal Edge
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'' magazine's 1999 Readers' Choice Awards, they were voted "Female Performers of the Year" and "Most Underrated Band". The single "Simon Says" was used as the entrance music for
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. Despite heavy publicity, the band folded in 2000.
Axén (switching to vocals) and Anna K created Superfix with guitarist China and drummer Sid from Sinisstar. Progress with this new unit was slow, a second demo and
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showcase gig being delivered in August 2002 with the project laid to rest soon after.
During 2001 Canel re-emerged, touting her new project, the Brooklyn-based Anotherday. In early 2002 Axén announced the formation of a side-project dubbed Dr. Fungus, with
Coal Chamber
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bassist Nadja Puelen,
Adema
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Unida
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History
Formation, Dozer split, and ''Coping with the Urban Coyote'' (1998–1999)
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guitarist Arthur Seay.
By mid-2003 Canel, working alongside vocalist / guitarist
Niklas Fagerström, ex-
SELPH guitarist Serban Carapancea and drummer Fabien Perreau, was touting a fresh
Stockholm-based band entitled Blowsight. That summer bassist Anna K joined New York
industrial band
Hanzel und Gretyl for their ''Fukken Über'' tour, remaining a member until 2005. In 2006 Anna K was recruited by
Al Jourgensen
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for the re-union tour of
Revolting Cocks
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and in 2007 she joined the LA based
Opiate for the Masses
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. Axén joined
Snake River Conspiracy
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Line-Up
* Maria Sjöholm (
lead vocals)
* Flavia Canel (
guitar
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)
* Anna Kjellberg (
bass)
* Martina Axén (
drums,
backing vocals
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)
Discography
* 1995 ''Serve The Shame''
Pfeatures tracks that will be used in the ''Horror Wrestling'' LP: "Serve The Shame" & "Unreal" (from the original edition), "Klotera" & "So I Will Burn (Alone)" (from the reissue expanded edition) and the 7 seconds long "To Be Continued..." (an a cappella chorus used into the song "Someone")
* 1996 ''
Horror Wrestling''
xpanded in 1998The expanded edition collects most of the non-album songs around that time. But some were left out: "''I Don't Mind (Clawfinger Remix)''" by Jocke Skog, "''Without Eyes''" ("''Crack The Liars Smile''" b-side) and one of the two "''Serve The Shame''" acoustic versions (the other was collected but under the generic name of "''acoustic version''" while a single featured an "''Unplugged''" and a "''Further Unplugged''" version)
* 1999 ''
Freaks Of Nature''
A single release of "''Enter My Mind''" featured the B-side "''Down''" (both are featured as the opening tracks of the sampler disc "''Ozzfest Rock Pile Sampler''"
* "''
20th Century Boy
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''" cover from
''Detroit Rock City (Music From The Motion Picture)''
Chart positions
Albums
Singles – Billboard (USA)
Careers of members
* Maria Sjöholm married
Black Sabbath
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guitarist
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, and is now retired from music.
* Martina Axén sang in
Snake River Conspiracy
Snake River Conspiracy (SRC) is an American industrial rock band. It was formed in 1996 in the San Francisco Bay Area by Eric Valentine and Jason Slater. The band's vocalist, Tobey Torres, was recruited in 1998.
After signing with Reprise Reco ...
and has recorded a solo album that has yet to be released.
* Flavia Canel, is now Manager of
Sonic Syndicate and is not playing guitar professionally anymore.
* Anna K played in
Hanzel Und Gretyl,
Revolting Cocks
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History 1984: Or ...
,
Opiate for the Masses
Opiate for the Masses was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California in 1999.
History
Opiate for the Masses was founded in 1999 by singer Ron Underwood, drummer Elias Mallin, guitarist/keyboardist Jim Kaufman, and guitarist Dustin Lyon. ...
and has last worked on a Stockholm-based project involving members of
Clawfinger
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and Skintrade.
References
External links
Drain STH on FacebookDrain STH on MySpaceBlowsight's MySpaceMartina Axén MySpaceAnna K Myspace
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