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MEDICATION
CURRENT NAME	Medication
FORMER NAMES	Pale Demons
ORIGIN	Los Angeles, California, USA
STATUS	Disbanded (since 2003)
FORMED IN	1999
GENRE	Hard rock; Heavy metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2004-02-22, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2007-05-13, 10:04

Band biography

Guitarist Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head) left Soulfly in January 1999. He recorded a 3-track demo and asked Whitfield Crane (ex-Ugly Kid Joe), who had just left Life Of Agony, to sing a song on it. In May 1999, Crane officially joined Mader's band, together with guitarist Blunt (ex-Adayinthelife). Bassist Robert Trujillo (Ozzy Osbourne, Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves) was asked to come over to lend the band a bass to lay down tracks on the music they were writing, but when he heard some of the songs, he wanted to join the band. Temporary drummer was Brooks Wackerman (Suicidal Tendencies), but when Roy Mayorga suddenly left Soulfly in the summer of 1999, he joined the yet un-named band.

The LA based band played their first low-key gig in November 1999, under the tentative name Pale Demons. The show attracted a couple of hundred of their friends. Early 2000 they changed their name to Medication (Mader: 'Music is my life, music is my medication.'), and played their second show in the Whisky, LA on January 10.

Mader describes the music that Medication plays as 'hard hitting from start to finish and very dynamic and hypnotic through to the end. It's really heavy.' Songs include Clouded, Something New, Underwater, I Am The Same, Chosen, Number 8 and Xanax. All songs are really heavy and Whit Crane sings with amazing melodies. In April 2000, Roy Mayorga and Robert Trujillo left Medication to play on the Ozzfest with Ozzy Osbourne's band. However, when drummer Roy Mayorga was ejected from that band without reason, he immediately returned to Medication. Trujillo played on and off, but finally decided not to join Medication.

In July 2000 the band recorded some more songs with Black Sabbath producer Bob Marlette, but it took until April 2001 before the band got management and booking, that had them play several gigs in LA. At the time, a full length album had been recorded, but they were waiting for a record deal to give them funding to mix the album or rerecord it. In September 2001, when Kyle Sanders joined the band on bass, they announced the release of a 5-track EP, and booked their first overseas tour in the UK for November.

The band broke up in early 2003 following the cancellation of a European tour and a split with their record label Locomotive Music. Mader went on to form Stereo Black while Crane was said to have started a new band with former Faith No More guitarist Jon Hudson.

Former members Add - Fetch
Roy Mayorga	1999-2002	Drums	See also Ozzy Osbourne
Kyle Sanders	-2001-2003	Bass
Blunt	1999-2003	Guitars
Logan Mader	1999-2003	Guitars	See also Machine Head, Soulfly
Whitfield Crane	1999-2003	Vocals	See also Life Of Agony, Ugly Kid Joe
Brooks Wackerman	1999-1999	Drums	See also Bad Religion, Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies
Robert Trujillo	1999-2000	Bass	See also Black Label Society, Cantrell, Jerry, Infectious Grooves, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Suicidal Tendencies

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Chris Hamilton		Drums	On European tour 2002. See also Crowbar, Saint Caine
Jason Loree		Drums	On US tour 2002.
Josh Freese		Drums	On Prince Valium. See also A Perfect Circle, Guns N\' Roses, Infectious Grooves, Offspring, The, Suicidal Tendencies, Vandals, The

Buy Medication albums

Official releases Add
1999	[demo]	No label
2001	Medication	Locomotive Music
2002	Prince Valium 6.5 / 10 Read our review here	Locomotive Music

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