PAINFACE

ORIGIN

Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

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GENRE

Metal

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MEMBERS

Anders Colsefni - Vocals
Patrick Neuwirth - Guitar
Paul Gray - Bass
Shawn Crahan - Drums

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DISCOGRAPHY

The Basement Sessions - April 1993 Session
01. Gently
02. Slipknot
03. Idiot
04. Wise Up

The Basement Sessions - May 1993 Session
01. Gently
02. Slipknot
03. Idiot
04. What's Wrong

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COMMENTS

The line-up of this short-lived band was Anders Colsefni on vocals, Patrick M. Neuwirth on guitar, Paul Gray on bass and Shawn Crahan on drums. It was essentially an early version of Slipknot, but fell through because Paul was evicted from his house and the band lacked a place to record. The two sessions known as 'The Basement Sessions' were recorded.

Shawn wrote 'Painface' on one of the tapes, as a name for the demo.

The band wasn't actually called 'Painface', as it's said that the group didn't have a band name at the time.

The tentative name of the band was 'NekChek', which was more of an inside joke between Shawn and Patrick.

Anders wrote a song called 'Painface' for this project, but the band broke up before they could record it.

When this project ended, Shawn and Anders worked out a trade deal. Anders got custody of the name 'Painface' and used it for his post-Slipknot band, and Shawn got custody of the songs, which later became Slipknot songs.

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