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About House of Pain
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Formed
1990
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
Despite their short run, the rambunctious LA rap crew House of Pain left their mark on hip-hop with the 1992 single “Jump Around.”
• In 1991, Erik “Everlast” Schrody teamed up with high school friends Leor “DJ Lethal” Dimant and Daniel “Danny Boy” O’Connor to form House of Pain. Everlast had previously been a member of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate crew and released one album, 1990’s Forever Everlasting.
• The group name is a nod to the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau.
• Their 1992 self-titled debut album spawned the iconic single “Jump Around,” which went platinum and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100.
• House of Pain were sometimes dubbed an "Irish rap act," but only Everlast and Danny Boy had Irish roots. DJ Lethal was born in Latvia.
• Following the release of their third album, 1996's Truth Crushed to Earth, the trio split up. Everlast went on to have a successful solo career, while DJ Lethal joined the popular rap-rock band Limp Bizkit.
• In 2006, Danny Boy founded La Coka Nostra, a rap collective consisting of the original House of Pain, plus rappers Ill Bill and Slaine. In 2009, they released their debut album, A Brand You Can Trust.
Members of House of Pain include, or have included, Everlast, Danny Boy, DJ Lethal, and Danny Boy O'Connor.
Influenced by House of PainHouse of Pain has influenced the music of Limp Bizkit, Bubba Sparxxx, Eminem and more.
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