Pro-Pain

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Pro-Pain
Pro-Pain (2018)
Pro-Pain (2018)
General information
origin New York (United States)
Genre (s) Hardcore , metalcore , groove metal
founding 1992
Website www.pro-pain.com
Founding members
Gary Meskil
Tom Klimchuck (1992–1994, 1996–2011)
Current occupation
Vocals, bass
 Gary Meskil
Lead guitar
 Greg Discenza (since 2019)
guitar
 Matt Sheridan
Drums
 Jonas Sanders
former members
guitar
 Tom Klimchuck
guitar
 Nick St. Denis
guitar
 Mike Hollman
guitar
 Eric Klinger
guitar
 Rob Moschetti
guitar
 Marshall Stephens
guitar
 Adam Phillips (2011-2019)
Drums
 Rich Ferjanic
Drums
 Eric Matthews
Drums
 Dan Richardson
Drums
 JC Dwyer
Drums
 Rick Halverson
Drums
 Dave Chavarri

Pro-Pain is an American music group led by singer and bassist Gary Meskil from New York . The band plays a crossover of hardcore and metal . Their style is often simply assigned to Metalcore and New York Hardcore , which bands like Biohazard or Merauder also played in the early 1990s.

history

Gary Meskil, who previously played with the hardcore band Crumbsuckers , founded Pro-Pain in 1992. After several line-up changes, he is the only remaining founding member. To date, the band has 14 studio albums released, in addition, a live album, Best of - and a cover album on which she songs known bands like Motörhead , Böhse Onkelz or Agnostic Front gecovert have. Especially in its earlier phase, her music is characterized by groovy rhythms, guitar sounds and especially Gary Meskil's typical roaring vocals, which sometimes give way to clear vocals or deep growls. Many songs on the later albums deviate from this style. B. through previously non-existent elements such as female background vocals or a stronger use of double bass, the latter sometimes making the music sound more like Death Metal .

The band gained notoriety in Germany through constant live presence, but above all through extensive headlining tours including Postmortem , but also as a support act for the group Böhse Onkelz , which Pro-Pain played on the entire 1998 tour and some outdoor performances , such as the final concert " Vaya con Tioz ”.

In 2011 guitarist Tom Klimchuck dropped out due to health problems. He was replaced by Adam Phillips.

On the night of July 3 to 4, 2017, singer Gary Meskil, who was on a European tour with Pro-Pain, was the victim of a robbery after visiting a pub in the Belgian capital, Brussels . A gang of perpetrators stole his money, ID and credit cards, after which the thieves hit Meskil's head several times with an ice pick , causing him to suffer head trauma, various fractures in his face and jaw and severe blood loss. The police were able to identify the perpetrators. Because of the incident, Pro-Pain had to interrupt their tour.

Band members

  • Pro Pain, live at With Full Force 2018

  • Singer and bass player Gary Meskil

  • Adam Phillips lead guitarist

  • Rhythm guitarist Matt Sheridan

  • Drummer Jonas Sanders

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Contents Under Pressure
  DE 50 06/03/1996 (9 weeks)
Pro-Pain
  DE 70 02/16/1998 (3 weeks)
  AT 48 03/08/1998 (1 week)
Act of God
  DE 64 02/15/1999 (2 weeks)
No End In Sight
  DE 98 09/05/2008 (1 week)

Albums

  • 1992: Foul Taste of Freedom (Digital Dimension)
  • 1994: The Truth Hurts (Energy Records)
  • 1996: Contents Under Pressure
  • 1997: Pro-Pain
  • 1999: Act of God
  • 2000: Round 6
  • 2000: Best of Pro-Pain Vol. 1
  • 2001: Best of Pro-Pain Vol. 2
  • 2001: Raw Video (DVD)
  • 2001: Road Rage ( live album )
  • 2002: Shreds of Dignity
  • 2003: Run for Cover ( cover album )
  • 2004: Fistful of Hate
  • 2005: Prophets of Doom
  • 2007: Age of Tyranny - The Tenth Crusade
  • 2008: No End in Sight
  • 2010: Absolute Power
  • 2011: 20 Years of Hardcore
  • 2012: Straight to the Dome
  • 2013: The final revolution
  • 2015: Voice of Rebellion

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Klimchuck drops out due to health problems. (No longer available online.) Metal.de, May 6, 2011, archived from the original on January 20, 2012 ; Retrieved July 2, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metal.de
  2. ↑ Gary Meskil: Seriously injured after robbery by Thomas Sonder in the online news of the music magazine Metal Hammer at www.metal-hammer.de ( Metal Hammer ), July 7, 2017, accessed on May 17, 2020
  3. ↑ Pro-pain singer Gary Meskil attacked with an ice ax in a robbery Report from the online editorial team in the news of the music magazine Visions on www.visions.de ( Visions ), July 7, 2017, accessed on May 18, 2020
  4. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT