Pain Teens

In 1985, Houston residents Bliss Blood and Scott Ayers formed The Pain Teens. The group was signed to King Coffey's Trance Syndicate label for their offbeat-yet-nightmarish psychedelic music—similar to labelmates Crust and Coffey's band, Butthole Surfers. Drummer Frank Garymartin and bassist Kirk Carr joined the band in 1990. The Pain Teens broke up in 1995. Blood moved to New York City that year and began playing solo gigs on her ukulele doing 1920s tunes and original music, playing with guitarist Al Street and forming several groups, including The Moonlighters in 1998. The Moonlighters have released four CDs on their own label, ONLIEST Records, and their fifth CD Enchanted was released on WorldSound Records, a Seattle-based label, in July 2009. Ayers still resides in Houston, and has played with a number of other bands since, including Truth Decay and Walking Timebombs. He currently plays with Frog Hair. Garymartin briefly played with Helios Creed, and launched a hip-hop act under the name of Hundred. Kirk Carr died of cancer in May 2008. ==Discography==

Albums • Pain Teens (1988, Anomie) • Case Histories (1989, Anomie) • Born in Blood (1990, Trance Syndicate) • Stimulation Festival (1992, Trance Syndicate) • Destroy Me, Lover (1993, Trance Syndicate) • Beast of Dreams (1995, Trance Syndicate) Singles and EPs • "Bondage" (1990, Rave) • "Lady of Flame" (1991, Smilin' Ear) • "Sacrificial Shack" (1992, C/Z) • "Come Up and See Me Sometime" (1992, C/Z) • "Death Row Eyes" (1992, Sub Pop) Cassettes • Psychoactive (1986, Anomie) • Manmade Disasters (1987, Anomie) • Cathy (1987, Anomie) • Pain Teens IV (1987, Anomie) • King God (1987, Anomie) • Obliviated (1987, Anomie) • Dog Spirits (1988, Anomie) • Narcolepsy (1988, Anomie) • Collective Unconscious Mythology and You (1988, Anomie) ==References==