Milligram was an American rock band from

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active from 1996 until 2002.

Biography

Formed by

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and Darryl Shepard in 1996, Milligram had no permanent drummer. Shepard continued playing in

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, while Jenkins formed

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. After a predictably "major" label battle between

and Warner Brothers/

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, Jenkins returned to Milligram in 1998. After recruiting Bob Maloney on bass guitar and Zephan Courtney (

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, Chevy Heston) on drums, the ''Hello Motherfucker! EP'' CD/EP was recorded. In late 1999, Milligram parted ways with Bob Maloney and recruited Jeff Turlik (

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) on bass guitar. The ''Hello Motherfucker! EP'' CD/EP was released on April 28, 2000, on

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. On March 20, 2001, the '' Hello Motherfucker!'' CD/EP was re-released with a bonus companion CD : '' Black & White Rainbow''. Their next release, which was originally titled ''Death To America'', was scheduled to be recorded starting on September 11, 2001, at the New Alliance Studios in Boston, but because of the

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events, recording was pushed back to three days in November, 2001, with the final recording finished over three days in February, 2002. The release was also renamed '' This Is Class War''. Fourteen songs from ''This Is Class War'' were originally released in a limited pressing of 300 hand-stamped CDRs on Jenkins's label, TRAKTOR7 Records. The band broke up in summer 2002. Though they had disbanded only a few months earlier, the Milligram's final sessions were taken up by

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and released on February 25, 2003, with more than 30 minutes of bonus material such as outtakes or remixes (drums and voices only). In 2011, Milligram reformed to play at the Palladium with

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Lives in Worcester, Massachusettes.

Band members

– vocals * Darryl Shepard – guitar, piano * Zephan "Zeph" Courtney – drums * Bob Maloney (1996–1999) – bass guitar * Jeff Turlik (1999–2002) – bass guitar

Discography

EPs

7" vinyl

;1999 ;2002

Compilation appearances

;2001 * Music With Attitude: Volume 31 Have contributed with track ''"Not Okay"'' – 4:01 ;2002 *

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Have contributed with track ''"Rumblin' Man"'' a cover song of the band

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External links

Milligram on Small Stone RecordsMilligram on Allmusic.comMilligram on Encyclopaedia MetallumJonah Jenkins interview at Asice.netJonah Jenkins interviewed in the Boston Phoenix
by James Parker, author o
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