The Pain Teens
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In 1985, Houston residents Bliss Blood and Scott Ayers formed The Pain Teens. The group was signed to King Coffey's Trance Syndicate label for their offbeat yet nightmarish psychedelic music -- similar to labelmates Crust and Coffey's band, Butthole Surfers.
Drummer Frank Garymartin and bassist Kirk Carr joined the band in 1990 after the departure of bassist Ralf Armin, who had previously been a member of Culturcide and Really Red. Armin then founded Truth Decay with Frank Garrymartin and (later) Scott Ayers. In 1999, Armin joined the Vulgarians, led by artist and Renaissance woman Michelle Glaw, and in 2002 he joined the Swarm of Angels. Currently he leads a band called the Dead Roses.
The Pain Teens broke up in 1996. Blood moved to New York City that year and started playing Hawaiian music, first with Planet Filly and later with The Moonlighters. Ayers still resides in Houston and has played with a number of other bands since -- including Truth Decay and Walking Timebombs. Garymartin joined Helios Creed.
