Pain (U.S. Band)

Pain (U.S. Band)

Pain was an American rock band from Mobile and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The main songwriters, Dan Lord and Pose Milewicz, grew up in Mobile and graduated from Mcgill Toolen High school in midtown Mobile. Though they have not produced any chart-topping hits, the band enjoyed a semi-mainstream following after touring relentlessly. Cartoon Network also aired a short two-minute music video set to their song "Jabberjaw (Running Underwater)", featuring the cartoon character of the same name along with "updated" versions of the rest of the show's characters.

Pain's sound features fast-paced lyrics, energetic punk rock rhythms, and frequent use of horn instruments. Their lyrical content is often humorous, touching lightly upon such subjects as Dungeons and Dragons as well as Greek and Arthurian legends, often creating entire plots and stories about fictional characters. Despite similarities in instrumentation and sensibility to third wave ska, Pain has expressed resentment towards being labeled as ska, stating a dislike for the genre.

Most of the band's albums are now available on independent record label Springman Records. The band's current status is "on hiatus"; however, given that Mark "Pose" Milewicz is currently a faculty member at Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia and the vast majority of the rest of the band remains in or around Tuscaloosa, any new material seems extremely unlikely.