Pain Emission

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Pain Emission
Origin San Diego, California, United States
Genres Electro-industrial
Years active1992–1997
Labels COP International
Past members
  • Shonn Bratlien
  • Johan Sherriffs
  • Thomas Smith

Pain Emission were an American electro-industrial group based in San Diego, California, United States. The original incarnation consisted of vocalist Shonn Bratlien and keyboardist Thomas Smith (as Ray Nours), who were assisted by lyricist Johan Sherriffs (as John IV) and live percussionist Barry Dost in the studio. They released two albums on COP International, Fidget in 1993 and The War Within the following year. The band ceased activities shortly after they released the EP Nudge in 1994. [1]

History

Pain Emission was formed in San Diego by vocalist Shonn Bratlien and keyboardist Thomas Smith (as Ray Nours). The band first contributed the songs "Bimbo" to The Cyberflesh Conspiracy and "QuickSlot" to Below San Onofre, both compilation albums released in 1992, before signing to COP International and releasing their debut Fidget on August 12, 1993. [2] Pain Emission's second album titled The War Within was released in January 1994 and the EP Nudge followed in August of that year. [3] [4] The duo of Johan Sherriffs and Thomas Smith continued to write and record until 1997, releasing the limited cassette Pain Emission Recording Sessions in 1995 and contributing to several various artists compilations. [5]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Other albums

Compilation appearances

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References

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  2. Christian, Chris (October 1995). "Various Artists: The Cyberflesh Conspiracy". Sonic Boom. 3 (8). Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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  5. Kellman, Andy. "Various Artists: Chillum Dreams, Vol. 2 > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 28, 2020.