EMERALD RAIN - CANADA

Broken Saviours - 1998 - Now & Then
Age Of Innocence - 2000 - Now & Then
Live 2K - 2000 - Now & Then
Perplexed In The Extreme - 2001 - Now & Then
Short Sighted - 2003 - Avalon
Sleepwalk - 2005 - Avalon

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Members
Vocals
Riotus, Pain>>MURRAY DAIGLE

Guitar
Pain, Bob Catley>>MURRAY DAIGLE>>Bob Catley - Pain, Bob Catley>>MIKE DMITROVIC>>Bob Catley

Bass
Riotus, Pain, Bob Catley>>SEAN GREGORY>>Bob Catley

Drums
Lorne Boyle - The Miller Stain Limit, The Jitters, Winter Rose, Lee Aaron, Dalbello, Sass Jordan, Carole Pope, Rik Emmett, Blood Red Flower, Kim Mitchell, Honeymoon Suite>>Randy Cooke>>Kim Mitchell, Honeymoon Suite, Kelly Clarkson, Chantal Kreviazuk, Five For Fighting, Kelly Clarkson, Hilary Duff, Smash Mouth - LORNE BOYLE

Keyboard
Pain>>MURRAY DAIGLE




History & Biography
Based out of Toronto, Canada, the band was formed by former Pain members in February 1997. Within a year they signed with Now & Then Records after recording Broken Saviors. After the release the act lost drummer Boyle. Over in England, the band not only played its own set at the Gods Festival, but also acted as the band for ex-Magnum man Bob Catley. Album number two was recorded in the summer of 1999 and the band again played Gods in England and toured. The band recorded a live show in Oshawa, Canada and released it as Live 2K. They lost drummer Kyle Lazenka at this point who returned to his original band Very Jive. Perplexed In The Extreme was recorded with studio session man Randy Cooke. Lorne Boyle returned however.


Reviews

EMERALD RAIN - AGE OF INNOCENCE - FRONTIERS/ MAJESTIC
What!! A Canadian rock band?? You mean not everybody is brain washed by the hip hop whores of the media!? Yup, no bad poetry put to a loop here. Emerald Rain, formerly Pain, is a melodic Canadian band with emphasis on vocal harmonies (often doubled up) and sing - along melodies. The guitars (nicely done on The Method) constantly wail and are almost a trade mark here as such. The band does slow down for acoustic ballads, but ER is mostly about melody and clean rock. The band is good at what they do - in fact they have supported Bob Catley in Europe - and are worthy of those with an ear for melody. - Ali "The Metallian"


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