House of Pain

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House of Pain was an Irish-styled American hip-hop group who released three albums in the early to mid 90's before lead rapper Everlast decided to pursue his solo career again. The group is best known for its 1992 hit single "Jump Around".

Contents 1 Band history 1.1 Rise to fame 1.2 Sophomore album and decline in popularity 1.3 Third album 1.4 Split, solo and current affairs 2 Members 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 3.3 Exclusive Soundtrack Contributions 4 Trivia 5 Other Hip hop artists of Irish influence 6 External links

Band history

Rise to fame

After a failed short solo career, Everlast teamed up with DJ Lethal and high school friend Danny Boy to form House of Pain. The group was signed to Tommy Boy Records, and their self-titled debut album (1992) went multi-platinum, spawning the successful DJ Muggs produced single "Jump Around".

Fashioning themselves as rowdy Irish-American hooligans (Lethal is actually of latvian heritage), they toured with various rap and alternative-rock bands after their breakthrough. They participated together with Helmet, along with several other rap acts, on the influential 1993 rock-rap collaborative Judgment Night movie soundtrack.

Sophomore album and decline in popularity

Their follow-up effort, 1994's Same As It Ever Was, went gold despite minimal airplay and no major hits. The first single, "On Point," is noted for taking a swipe at another American rapper with a strong Irish heritage, Mark Wahlberg ("Calvin Klein's no friend of mine/So I don't like Marky"). Like Cypress Hill, who, with House of Pain, were a part of the loosely-affiliated Soul Assassins posse, they found urban radio airplay an increasingly closed path, which affected album sales.

Third album

House of Pain abruptly broke up in 1996 after the release of their third album, Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again, which featured guest appearances by rappers Sadat X of Brand Nubian, Guru of Gang Starr, producer/rapper Divine Styler and reggae singjay Cockni O'Dire (credited as the Scheme Team). On the release date of the album, Everlast announced his departure from the group.

Split, solo and current affairs

From this point on, the status of the group would seem to be in the past tense, though the members would continue their careers separately. Danny Boy would found an art company, DJ Lethal became a member of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, and Everlast would finally get multi-platinum solo fame in 1998. In that year his acoustic rock/blues-inflected Whitey Ford Sings the Blues album hit the charts, together with the single "What It's Like". In 2000, a feud between Everlast and rapper Eminem coincided with the gold-selling Eat at Whitey's, which had minor hits like "Black Jesus" and "Black Coffee", and featured a collaboration with Carlos Santana. After the sale of the Tommy Boy Records catalogue of master tapes to Warner Bros. Music, Everlast signed with Island/Def Jam, and released the solo LP White Trash Beautiful in 2004.

Later the same year Rhino Records, a subdivision of Warner Music, has released a hit collection, Shamrocks & Shenanigans, with singles from Everlast's early solo days, the House of Pain and his post-group solo efforts. Prior to the release, Everlast announced on his official message board that he was not endorsing the compilation album.

Founded by Danny Boy in early 2006, La Coka Nostra is a new project that has reunited him, Everlast and DJ Lethal for the first time since House of Pain's split. Other group members include Ill Bill of Non Phixion, and newcomers Slaine and Big Left.

Members

• Everlast
• Danny Boy
• DJ Lethal

Discography

For a complete House of Pain discography, see external links.

Albums

Album cover	Album information
Image:Houseofpainfinemaltlyrics.jpg	House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics) Released: July 21, 1992 Billboard 200 chart position: #14 R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #16 Singles: "Jump Around" & "Shamrocks and Shenanigans"
Image:Houseofpainsameasiteverwas.jpg	Same As It Ever Was Released: June 28, 1994 Billboard 200 chart position: #12 R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #12 Singles: "On Point", "Who's The Man?" & "Word Is Bond"
Image:Houseofpaintruthcrushedtoearthshallriseagain.jpg	Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again Released: October 10, 1996 Billboard 200 chart position: #47 R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #31 Singles: "Pass The Jinn" & "Fed Up"
Image:Houseofpainandeverlastshamrocksandshenanigans.jpg	Shamrocks & Shenanigans Released: February 10, 2004 Billboard 200 chart position: # R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: # Singles: -

Singles

• Jump Around / HOP Anthem (1992)
• Shamrocks & Shenanigans (US) (1992)
• Shamrocks & Shenanigans / Who's The Man (UK) (1992)
• Top O' The Morning To Ya (Remix) (1992)
• Who's The Man? (1993)
• Legend EP (US) (1994)
• On Point (1994)
• Over There (I Don't Care) (1994)
• It Ain't Crime / Word Is Bond (UK, CD 1/2) (1994)
• Legend / It Ain't A Crime (UK, CD 2/2) (1994)
• Word Is Bond / Legend 12" (1995)
• Pass The Jinn (1996)
• Fed Up / Heart Full Of Sorrow feat. Sadat X (1996)
• Fed Up (Remix feat. Guru) (1996)

Exclusive Soundtrack Contributions

• Judgment Night (1993) -- song with Helmet "Just Another Victim"
• Who's the Man (1993) -- song "Who's the Man"
• Eddie (1996) -- song "Punch Drunk"
• Jerky Boys (1996) -- song "Beef Jerky"

Trivia

• The Video for Jump Around features the CBS pipe band from Limerick, Ireland appearing at the St. Patricks day parade in New York in 1992.
• In the movie Clerks, Dante Hicks wears a "House Of Pain" shirt.
• "Jump Around" is played at various sport events in the United States and is featured in various low- and big-budget movies.
• The group were briefly featured on the 2002 VH1 program 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders.
• B-Real (of Cypress Hill, a group with Sen Dog and DJ Muggs) appeared on the debut album on the song "Put Your Head Out".
• Pete Rock remixed "Jump Around" twice: a version with a verse of his own and one without.
• Guru (of Gang Starr, a group with DJ Premier) appeared on the album and single remixes of "Fed Up".
• Pro wrestler Perry Saturn appears in the group's video to "Fed Up".
• "Top O' The Morning To Ya" was the theme song for Bullseye in the film Daredevil.
• They performed "Jump Around" with Snoop Dogg and P Diddy live on stage in the Point Depot in Dublin,April 1st,2007.

Other Hip hop artists of Irish influence

• Ashley MacIsaac
• Black 47
• Emcee Lynx
• Marxman
• Manau
• Seanchai & the Unity Squad
• Fat Rat

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