Members
Dan Vapid - guitar/vocals
Mike Byrne — guitar/vocals
Pete Mittler - bass/vocals
Mike Soucy - drums
Past members
B-Face
Dan Lumley
Dan Panic
The Methadones were a band formed in 1993 by guitarist/vocalist Dan Vapid. The Methadones initially lasted only a few shows before Dan put them to the side to focus on his main band Screeching Weasel. By 1999 Dan was no longer a member of Screeching Weasel or his other band The Riverdales, and decided to restart The Methadones with B-Face of The Queers on bass, and Dan Lumley on drums. The band recorded their first album Ill At Ease in 2001. After the recording, B-Face and Lumley left the band. Schafer formed a new lineup of The Methadones with guitarist Mike Byrne, bassist Pete Mittler, and drummer Mike Soucy.
On June 11, 2010, The Methadones announced their disbandment on their Myspace page stating that, "it's been 10 years and we've had a lot of fun, but we all agree that it's just time."
For their final release, simply entitled The Methadones, the band released a collection featuring five new songs, all of the band's 7" songs as well as some extras.
The Methadones reunited for a few songs during a performance of Dan Vapid and the Cheats at the Cobra Lounge in Chicago on May 27, 2011. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
The Methadones were formed by Dan Schafer (Danny Vapid) of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and The Riverdales in the mid 1990s as a side project. But as his main bands began to die down, he began to focus more energy on it. Initially the band was a trio consisting of Schafer, B-Face of The Queers on bass, and Dan Lumley on drums. The current, and most stable, lineup includes Schafer (vocals, guitar), Mike Byrne (ex-Vindictives, guitar, back up vocals), Pete Mittler (bass, back up vocals), and Mike Soucy (drums).
They announced in June 2010 that they will be breaking up.
Aversion Online says: The Methadones take the three-chord simplicity of Ramones-influenced rock and strip it of its sillier themes for straight ahead rock.
Discography
Full Lengths
* Ill at Ease - A-F Records September 25, 2001
* Career Objective - Thick Records July 15, 2003
* Not Economically Viable - Thick Records November 16, 2004
* 21st Century Power Pop Riot - Redscare Records June 6, 2006
* This Won't Hurt - Red Scare Records July 10, 2007
Compilations
* 1157 Wheeler Avenue: A Memorial For Amadou Diallo - Failed Experiment Records June 25, 2002
* Sex and Subversion - Thick Records October 28, 2003
* Go Kart MP300 - Go Kart Records October 28, 2003
* AMP Presents Vol. 4 Pop Punk - American Music Press (AMP) February 22, 2005
* Take Me Down To The Punkrock City - Squash June 1, 2005
* Mean It Man - Thick Records September 13, 2005
* Punk Rock Mix Tape - FastMusic, 2006
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