Milligram (band)

Milligram
Milligram
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Stoner rock, alternative metal, hardcore punk
Years active	1996–2002
Labels	Tortuga Recordings; TRAKTOR7 Records; Small Stone Records; Overcome Records (France)
Members	Jonah Jenkins; Darryl Shepard; Zephan "Zeph" Courtney; Jeff Turlik
Past members	Bob Maloney

Milligram was an American rock band from Boston active from 1996 until 2002.

Biography edit

Formed by Jonah Jenkins and Darryl Shepard in 1996, Milligram had no permanent drummer. Shepard continued playing in Roadsaw, while Jenkins formed Miltown. After a predictably "major" label battle between Miltown and Warner Brothers/Giant Records, Jenkins returned to Milligram in 1998. After recruiting Bob Maloney on bass guitar and Zephan Courtney (StompBox, Juliana Hatfield, Chevy Heston) on drums, the Hello Motherfucker! EP CD/EP was recorded.

In late 1999, Milligram parted ways with Bob Maloney and recruited Jeff Turlik (Blue Man Group, StompBox, Roadsaw) on bass guitar. The Hello Motherfucker! EP CD/EP was released on April 28, 2000, on Tortuga Recordings. On March 20, 2001, the Hello Motherfucker! CD/EP was re-released with a bonus companion CD : Black & White Rainbow. Their next release, which was originally titled Death To America, was scheduled to be recorded starting on September 11, 2001, at the New Alliance Studios in Boston, but because of the 9/11 events, recording was pushed back to three days in November, 2001, with the final recording finished over three days in February, 2002. The release was also renamed This Is Class War. Fourteen songs from This Is Class War were originally released in a limited pressing of 300 hand-stamped CDRs on Jenkins's label, TRAKTOR7 Records.

The band broke up in summer 2002. Though they had disbanded only a few months earlier, the Milligram's final sessions were taken up by Small Stone Records and released on February 25, 2003, with more than 30 minutes of bonus material such as outtakes or remixes (drums and voices only).

In 2011, Milligram reformed to play at the Palladium with Kyuss Lives in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Band members edit

Jonah Jenkins – vocals
Darryl Shepard – guitar, piano
Zephan "Zeph" Courtney – drums
Bob Maloney (1996–1999) – bass guitar
Jeff Turlik (1999–2002) – bass guitar

Discography edit

Year	Album
2001	Hello Motherfucker! (2001 re-issue) Released: March 20, 2001 Label: Tortuga Recordings
2003	This Is Class War Released: 2002 Label: TRAKTOR7 Records Re-released: February 25, 2003 Label: Small Stone Records

EPs edit

Year	Album
2000	Hello Motherfucker! EP Released: April 28, 2000 Label: Tortuga Recordings
2001	Black & White Rainbow (companion CD) Released: March 20, 2001 Label: Tortuga Recordings

7" vinyl edit

1999

Milligram/Quintaine Americana split 7-inch (Polterchrist Records) limited pressing of 300 copies, colored vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover) – (Milligram) (Side A)"	1:58
2.	"Rebel Yell (Billy Idol cover) – (Quintaine Americana) (Side B)"	4:15

2002

Milligram s/t 7-inch (Superfi Records) limited pressing of fewer than 400 copies
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mean Machine (Motörhead Cover) (Side A)"	2:58
2.	"Back Seat of my Car (Dwarves cover) (Side A)"	1:09
3.	"The Resentinel (Side B)"	3:59

Compilation appearances edit

2001

Music With Attitude: Volume 31

Have contributed with track "Not Okay" – 4:01

2002

Sucking the 70s

Have contributed with track "Rumblin' Man" a cover song of the band Cactus – 3:47