Biography
Constant Pain are the bastard offspring of legendary Auckland band Supercar.
Formed in Dunedin, they have played in such notable groups as Snapper, Figure 60, Verlaines, Renderers & Dimmer.
‘Trail of Destruction’ is a wailing Snapper‘ish rock epic recorded live during one of their many anarchic live shows.
The flip, a long lost psychedelic influenced track titled ‘Million Miles’. Jump aboard the bus, as there are only 150 of these black trips going around
Crawlspace Records
Cameron Bain passed away in 2014 and Rod McLellan (aka Roddy Pain) followed him in 2016.
Constant Pain was Roddy Pain and Cameron Bain, an Auckland-based act by then. ‘Million Miles’ was a glorious psychedelic shiver that prompted the same spaced awe as The Thirteenth Floor Elevators’ second album version of Dylan’s ‘(It’s All Over Now) Baby Blue’. The flipside ‘Trail Of Destruction’ rattled along on a trashcan ‘Sister Ray’ riff with Nicholas Clarke drumming.
AudioCulture entry on Crawlspace Records
Members
- Cameron Bain (Guitar/Vocals, Constant Pain, Figure 60, Gestalt, King Loser, Mothertrucker, Snapper, Space Dust, Supercar, The Mean Streaks, Vaw)
- Rod McClellan (aka Roddy Pain) (Guitar/Vocals, Constant Pain, Evil, Snapper, Space Dust, Supercar, They Spunks)
- Pat Faigan (aka Duane Zarakov) (drums, Axel Grinders, Brother Love, Cease to Exist, Constant Pain, Duane Zarakov, King Loser, National Sex Grid, Revolution 10, Rhythm Doktor, Say Yes to Apes, Semolina Island, Space Dust, The Elephant Tranquilisers, The Hi-Tone Destroyers, The Hitone Destroyers, The International Telepaths, The Picnic Boys, Thee Hellfire Club, Wolfskull)
- Greg Cairns (Drums, Sferic Experiment, The Idle Suite, The Real Life Tragedies, The Renderers, The Verlaines, Constant Pain, Marineville, Sferic Experiment, The Idle Suite, The Real Life Tragedies, The Renderers, The Verlaines)
- Nick Clarke (drums, Audio Empire, Constant Pain, Figure 60)
Discography
- ‘Constant Pain’ 7″ Single (1996, Carburetor, BRT12]
- ‘Trail of Destruction’ 7″ Single (1999, Crawlspace, SPACE006]
Links
- Discogs Entry
- AudioCulture entry on Crawlspace Records