The Methadones

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The Methadones
Origin	Illinois, USA
Genre(s)	Punk rock
Years active	Early 1990s – Present
Label(s)	Red Scare Industries
Associated acts	Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, The Riverdales, The Queers, Vindictives, Battalion of Saints

The Methadones were formed by Dan Schafer (Danny Vapid) of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and The Riverdales in the early 1990s as a side project, which disbanded soon after. After his main bands began to die down, he decided to put a new Methadones line-up together. Initially the new incarnation of the band was a trio consisting of Schafer, B-Face of The Queers on bass, and Dan Lumley on drums. The current lineup includes Schafer (vocals), Mike Byrne (ex-Vindictives, guitar, back up vocals), Pete Mittler (bass, back up vocals), Mike Soucy (drums), and Ken Ortman (ex-Battalion of Saints, guitar, backup vocals).

[edit] 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 - Red Scare 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
Hair: Chicago Punk Cuts - Thick Records September 12, 2006