Milligram (band)

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Milligram
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Stoner rock, alternative metal, hardcore punk
Years active1996 (1996)–2002 (2002)
Labels Tortuga Recordings
TRAKTOR7 Records
Small Stone Records
Overcome Records (France)
Members Jonah Jenkins
Darryl Shepard
Zephan "Zeph" Courtney
Jeff Turlik
Past membersBob Maloney

Milligram was an American rock band from Boston active from 1996 until 2002.

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Biography

Formed by Jonah Jenkins and Darryl Shepard in 1996, Milligram had no permanent drummer. Shepard continued playing in Roadsaw, while Jenkins formed Miltown. After a predictably "major" label battle between Miltown and Warner Brothers/Giant Records, Jenkins returned to Milligram in 1998. After recruiting Bob Maloney on bass guitar and Zephan Courtney (StompBox, Juliana Hatfield, Chevy Heston) on drums, the Hello Motherfucker! EP CD/EP was recorded.

In late 1999, Milligram parted ways with Bob Maloney and recruited Jeff Turlik (Blue Man Group, StompBox, Roadsaw) on bass guitar. The Hello Motherfucker! EP CD/EP was released on April 28, 2000, on Tortuga Recordings. On March 20, 2001, the Hello Motherfucker! CD/EP was re-released with a bonus companion CD : Black & White Rainbow . Their next release, which was originally titled Death To America, was scheduled to be recorded starting on September 11, 2001, at the New Alliance Studios in Boston, but because of the 9/11 events, recording was pushed back to three days in November, 2001, with the final recording finished over three days in February, 2002. The release was also renamed This Is Class War . Fourteen songs from This Is Class War were originally released in a limited pressing of 300 hand-stamped CDRs on Jenkins's label, TRAKTOR7 Records.

The band broke up in summer 2002. Though they had disbanded only a few months earlier, the Milligram's final sessions were taken up by Small Stone Records and released on February 25, 2003, with more than 30 minutes of bonus material such as outtakes or remixes (drums and voices only).

In 2011, Milligram reformed to play at the Palladium with Kyuss Lives in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Band members

Discography

YearAlbum
2001 Hello Motherfucker! (2001 re-issue)
2003 This Is Class War

EPs

YearAlbum
2000Hello Motherfucker! EP
2001 Black & White Rainbow (companion CD)

7" vinyl

1999
Milligram/Quintaine Americana split 7-inch (Polterchrist Records) limited pressing of 300 copies, colored vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover) – (Milligram) (Side A)"1:58
2."Rebel Yell (Billy Idol cover) – (Quintaine Americana) (Side B)"4:15
2002
Milligram s/t 7-inch (Superfi Records) limited pressing of fewer than 400 copies
No.TitleLength
1."Mean Machine (Motörhead Cover) (Side A)"2:58
2."Back Seat of my Car (Dwarves cover) (Side A)"1:09
3."The Resentinel (Side B)"3:59

Compilation appearances

2001

Have contributed with track "Not Okay" – 4:01

2002

Have contributed with track "Rumblin' Man" a cover song of the band Cactus – 3:47

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