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 (Gestalt, Vaw, Figure 60, The Mean Streaks, Supercar, Space Dust, Guitar/Vocals, 1996? – 1999?)
- Rod McClellan (aka Roddy Pain, Supercar, Evil, They Spunks, Snapper, Space Dust, Constant Pain, Guitar/Vocals, 1996? – 1999?)
- Pat Faigan (aka Duane Zarakov, The Picnic Boys, Say Yes to Apes, Semolina Island, The Elephant Tranquilisers, Axel Grinders, Brother Love, King Loser, The Hitone Destroyers, Wolfskull, The International Telepaths, Cease to Exist, Space Dust, drums, 1996?)
- Greg Cairns (Marineville, The Real Life Tragedies, The Renderers, The Idle Suite, Sferic Experiment, The Verlaines, Drums, 1996?)
- Nick Clarke (Audio Empire, Figure 60, Drums, 1999?)
Discography
- ‘Constant Pain’ 7″ Single (1996, Carburetor, BRT12]
- ‘Trail of Destruction’ 7″ Single (1999, Crawlspace, SPACE006]
Links
- Discogs Entry
- AudioCulture entry on Crawlspace Records