House of Pain

一曲“JUMP AROUND”使說唱團(tuán)體HOUSE OF PAIN一夜之間紅透了全美國(guó)，直到現(xiàn)在在很多CLUB或夜店里你依然能夠這首另人血邁膨脹的歌曲。HOUSE OF PAIN 有EVERLAST，DANNYBOY，DJ LETHAL組成。 　　最早House Of Pain在一家俱樂部演出的時(shí)候結(jié)識(shí)了當(dāng)時(shí)非常紅的說唱明星ICE-T，ICE-T對(duì)他們的歌曲非常的感興趣，況且當(dāng)時(shí)的白人說唱團(tuán)體真的是少之又少。所以ICE-T直接把他們推薦到了華納唱片，在簽約沒多久之后，House Of Pain轉(zhuǎn)投當(dāng)時(shí)非常有名氣的HIPHOP唱片公司TOMMY BOY RECORES，并發(fā)行了第一張同名專輯，其中就有名躁一時(shí)的“JUMP AROUND”這張專輯的成功使HOUSE OF PAIN一下成為頂級(jí)HIPHOP團(tuán)體。但是成功給他們帶來的一些付面的東西嚴(yán)重的影響了HOUSE OF PAIN的發(fā)展，主唱EVERLAST不斷的在公共場(chǎng)合酗酒鬧事，并在媒體上表示他不會(huì)改變這些惡習(xí)。所以導(dǎo)致很多歌迷對(duì)HOUSE OF PAIN的態(tài)度急轉(zhuǎn)直下。之后他們又在TOMMY BOY旗下發(fā)行了2張正式的專輯。但都沒有超越“JUMP AROUND”。而團(tuán)體內(nèi)部也發(fā)生人員上的矛盾。1998年HOUSE OF PAIN正式宣布解散，EVERLAST但是的他的惡習(xí)繼續(xù)前行，而DJ LETHAL則參加了后期著名的說唱金屬團(tuán)體LIMP BIZKIT。 　　HOUSE OF PAIN是90年代初期少有的優(yōu)秀HIPHOP團(tuán)體，他們證明了HIPHOP并不是黑人才能玩的音樂。
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Jump Around, an impossibly infectious and catchy single, instantly elevated House of Pain from an unknown white hip-hop group to near-stars when it became a massive crossover hit in 1992. It made the band and it also broke the band, consigning them to the level of one-hit wonders. House of Pain continued to release records after their eponymous 1992 debut and Jump Around, yet none of them gained much attention, partially because of the bands self-consciously loutish behavior. Led by rapper Everlast, the group celebrated their Irish-American heritage by wearing green, drinking prodigious amounts of beer, and swearing constantly. It certainly earned them attention at the outset, particularly when it was tied to a single like Jump Around, but the bottom quickly fell out of their career. The groups second album, 1994s Same as It Ever Was, went gold, but it failed to generate a hit single, and by the time of 1996s Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again, the band had been forgotten.
Everlast (born Erik Schrody, August 18, 1969) became fascinated by hip-hop while he was in high school, eventually becoming part of Ice-Ts Rhyme Syndicate. His association with Ice-T led to a contract with Warner Bros., who released his debut album, Forever Everlasting, in 1990. After the record bombed, Everlast formed House of Pain with his high school friend Danny Boy (born Daniel OConnor) and DJ Lethal (born Leor DiMant), a Latvian immigrant. Released on Tommy Boy Records, the groups eponymous 1992 debut was co-produced by Muggs, who masterminded Cypress Hills groundbreaking debut. Muggs gave Jump Around its distinctive, incessant beat, which merged a deep bass groove with drum loops and Public Enemy-styled sirens. On the back of Kris Kross spring hit Jump, Jump Around became a huge hit in the summer of 1992, peaking at number three on the pop charts. Both the singles video and the remainder of House of Pain celebrated the groups Irish heritage in a tongue-in-cheek fashion that quickly became shtick. Throughout their 1993 tour, the group ran into trouble with promoters and the law, culminating in Everlasts March arrest for possessing an unregistered, unloaded pistol at Kennedy Airport. He was sentenced to community service, and later that year, the group began work on their second album.
Like its predecessor, 1994s Same as It Ever Was was produced by Muggs. Upon its summer release, the record was greeted with surprisingly strong reviews and sales, debuting at number 12 on the charts. However, the sales quickly slowed as On Point failed to become a hit. Most of the next two years were spent in seclusion, and the group returned in the fall of 1996 with Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again, a record that was ignored by both the press and the public. Everlast returned in 1998 as a solo act, and gained critical acclaim for his debut, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues.