Pain Teens was an experimental

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formed in

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in 1985 by Scott Ayers and

Bliss Blood Bliss Blood is an American musician and songwriter. She has written and recorded two albums with virtuoso guitarist Al Street, five albums with New York jazz band The Moonlighters from 2000 to 2009, and six albums from 1988 to 1995 with Houston ...

. The band used tape manipulation, digital delays, sampling, tape cut-ups and other effects in their music. They also included guitar, violin, marimba, saxophone, percussion, and many other musical instruments. Beginning in 1987, Pain Teens released nine

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and two LPs on their own Anomie Records label, all of which went out of print. Soon after, they released four LPs for

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, an

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, Texas label run by

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of the band

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. Their eponymous first LP release was re-released by Mason Jones and Charnel Music in 1998.Strong, Martin C.: "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate,

History

In 1985,

residents

and Scott Ayers formed The Pain Teens. The group was signed to

Trance Syndicate Trance Syndicate was an independent record label founded in 1990 by King Coffey, drummer of Austin, Texas band the Butthole Surfers.Larkin, Colin (1999) "Trance Syndicate Records" in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock'', Virgin Books, , p. ...

label for their offbeat-yet-nightmarish psychedelic music—similar to labelmates Crust and Coffey's band,

. Drummer

Frank Garymartin Pain Teens was an experimental noise rock band formed in Houston, Texas in 1985 by Scott Ayers and Bliss Blood. The band used tape manipulation, digital delays, sampling, tape cut-ups and other effects in their music. They also included guitar, ...

and bassist

Kirk Carr Pain Teens was an experimental noise rock band formed in Houston, Texas in 1985 by Scott Ayers and Bliss Blood. The band used tape manipulation, digital delays, sampling, tape cut-ups and other effects in their music. They also included guitar, ...

joined the band in 1990. The Pain Teens broke up in 1995. Blood moved to

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that year and began playing solo gigs on her ukulele doing 1920s tunes and original music, playing with guitarist Al Street and forming several groups, including The Moonlighters in 1998. The Moonlighters have released four CDs on their own label, ONLIEST Records, and their fifth CD ''Enchanted'' was released on WorldSound Records, a Seattle-based label, in July 2009. Ayers still resides in Houston, and has played with a number of other bands since, including Truth Decay and

Walking Timebombs Scott Ayers is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and keyboardist for the noise rock band Pain Teens based in Houston, Texas. He has also released solo albums under the moniker Walking Timebombs and is involved with bands local to ...

. He currently plays with Frog Hair. Garymartin briefly played with

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, and launched a hip-hop act under the name of Hundred. Kirk Carr died of cancer in May 2008.

Discography

Albums

*''

Pain Teens Pain Teens was an experimental noise rock band formed in Houston, Texas in 1985 by Scott Ayers and Bliss Blood. The band used tape manipulation, digital delays, sampling, tape cut-ups and other effects in their music. They also included guitar, ...

'' (1988, Anomie) *''

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'' (1989, Anomie) *''

Born in Blood ''Born in Blood'' is a studio album by American noise rock and Industrial music band Pain Teens, released in 1990. It was their first album for the Trance Syndicate label. Reception Kathleen C. Fennessy of AllMusic wrote that "the Teens have a ...

'' (1990, Trance Syndicate) *''

Stimulation Festival ''Stimulation Festival'' is a studio album by American band Pain Teens, released in 1992 by Trance Syndicate. "Wild World" is a cover of the Birthday Party song. Reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' deemed the album "a 14-track dread- and chaos-per ...

'' (1992, Trance Syndicate) *''

Destroy Me, Lover ''Destroy Me, Lover'' is the fourth studio album by American noise rock and Industrial music band Pain Teens, released on July 5, 1993 by Trance Syndicate. Reception Jason Ankeny of allmusic gave it 2 out of 5 stars, expressing his dislike for ...

'' (1993, Trance Syndicate) *'' Beast of Dreams'' (1995, Trance Syndicate)

Singles

*"Bondage" (1990, Rave) *"Lady Of Flame" (1991, Smilin' Ear) *"Sacrificial Shack" (1992, C/Z) *"Come Up and See Me Sometime" (1992, C/Z) *"Death Row Eyes" (1992,

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)

Cassettes

*''Psychoactive'' (1986, Anomie) *''Manmade Disasters'' (1987, Anomie) *''Cathy'' (1987, Anomie) *''Pain Teens IV'' (1987, Anomie) *''King God'' (1987, Anomie) *''Obliviated'' (1987, Anomie) *''Dog Spirits'' (1988, Anomie) *''Narcolepsy'' (1988, Anomie) *''Collective Unconscious Mythology and You'' (1988, Anomie)

References

External links

Official Website
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