The Methadones

The Methadones

Live in Chicago, November 2010.
Background information
Origin Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genres Punk rock
Years active 1993, 1999–2010, 2011, 2014
Labels A-F Records, Thick Records, Red Scare Industries, Transparent Records, Asian Man Records
Associated acts Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, The Riverdales, The Queers, Vindictives, The Bomb, Noise By Numbers, Naked Raygun, Dan Vapid and the Cheats, Rise Against
Past members Dan Vapid
Mike Byrne
Pete Mittler
Mike Soucy
Pat Buckley
Dan Panic
B-Face
Dan Lumley
Matt Drastic
Ken Fused
Joe Principe

The Methadones were a band formed in 1993 by guitarist/vocalist Dan Vapid. The Methadones initially lasted only a few shows before Dan put them to the side to focus on his main band Screeching Weasel. By 1999 Dan was no longer a member of Screeching Weasel or his other band The Riverdales, and decided to restart The Methadones with B-Face of The Queers on bass, and Dan Lumley on drums. The band recorded their first album Ill At Ease in 2001. After the recording, B-Face and Lumley left the band. Schafer formed a new lineup of The Methadones with guitarist Mike Byrne, bassist Pete Mittler, and drummer Mike Soucy.[1][2]

On June 11, 2010, The Methadones announced their disbandment on their Myspace page stating that, "it's been 10 years and we've had a lot of fun, but we all agree that it's just time." [3][4]

For their final release, simply entitled The Methadones, the band released a collection featuring five new songs, all of the band's 7" songs as well as some extras.[5][6]

The Methadones reunited for a few songs during a performance of Dan Vapid and the Cheats at the Cobra Lounge in Chicago on May 27, 2011,[7] and again in October 2014, for a show celebrating the 10th anniversary of Red Scare Industries.[8]

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

Split albums

Singles

Compilation albums

Compilation appearances

References

  1. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "The Methadones". allmusic. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ Wexler, Jake (September 16, 2004). "The Methadones take on the Economy". GW Hatchet. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ Richter, Scott (June 7, 2010). "The Methadones". thePunkSite.com. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ Wawrzaszek, John (November 8, 2010). "Soundcheck: The Methadones play their final show". Newcity. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  5. ↑ Yancey, Bryne (June 23, 2010). "The Methadones detail final show and release". punknews.org. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ Gorman, Bobby (June 23, 2010). "The Methadones". thePunkSite.com. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ Carlton, Christopher (May 31, 2010). "Dan Vapid & the Cheats show review/set list (5.27.11)". Squid Pro Quo. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Red Scare Anniversary Weekend: the Falcon, Lillingtons, Methadones, Masked Intruder, Enemy You, Sidekicks, Teenage Bottlerocket, and others". Chicago Reader. Oct 23, 2014. Retrieved Dec 10, 2014.

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