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House of PainJump Around
After a successful solo career, Everlast teamed up with DJ Lethal and high school friend Danny Boy to form House of Pain.[1] The group was signed to Tommy Boy Records, and their House of Pain debut album (1992) went multi-platinum, spawning the successful DJ Muggs produced single "Jump Around". This song was also remixed twice by Pete Rock, one version featuring a verse from him and one without. The album also featured Cypress Hill member, B-Real, on the song "Put Your Head Out". Fashioning themselves as rowdy Irish-American
hooligans (although Lethal is Latvian American), they toured with
various rap and alternative-rock bands after their breakthrough.
They participated together with Helmet, along with several other
rap acts, on the 1993 rock-rap collaborative Judgment Night film
soundtrack. Their follow-up album, 1994's Same As It Ever
Was, went gold despite minimal airplay and no major hits. The first
single, "On Point," is noted for taking a swipe at another American rapper with a strong Irish heritage, "Marky Mark" (Mark Wahlberg) ("Calvin Klein's no friend of mine/So I don't like Marky").[citation needed] Like Cypress Hill, who, with House of Pain, were a part of
the loosely-affiliated Soul Assassins posse, they found urban radio
airplay an increasingly closed path, which affected album sales. House of Pain abruptly broke up in 1996 after
the release of their third album, Truth Crushed to Earth Shall
Rise Again, which featured guest appearances by rappers Sadat X
of Brand Nubian, Guru of Gang Starr, producer/rapper Divine Styler
and reggae singjay Cockni O'Dire (credited as the Scheme Team).
On the release date of the album, Everlast announced his departure
from the group. From then on, the members continued their separate careers. Danny Boy founded an art company. DJ Lethal became a member of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, who would cover "Jump Around" at live concerts, particularly in Limp Bizkit's early years during the Family Values Tour 1998. Everlast achieved multi-platinum solo fame in 1998 with his album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues.[1] The first single from that album was "What It's Like". In 2000, a feud between Everlast and rapper Eminem coincided with the gold-selling Eat at Whitey's, which included minor hits "Black Jesus" and "Black Coffee", and featured a collaboration with Carlos Santana. After the sale of the Tommy Boy Records' master tapes to Warner Bros. Records, Everlast signed with Island/Def Jam, and released the solo LP White Trash Beautiful in 2004. Later the same year Rhino Records, a subdivision of Warner Music, released a hit collection, Shamrocks & Shenanigans, with singles from Everlast's early solo days, the House of Pain and his post-group solo efforts. Before the release, Everlast announced on his official message board that he was not endorsing the compilation album. Founded by Danny Boy in early 2006, La Coka Nostra
reunited him, Everlast and DJ Lethal for the first time since House
of Pain's split. Other group members include Ill Bill of Non Phixion,
and newcomer Slaine. It was officially announced on August 10, 2010,
that House of Pain had reunited and performed their first show
in a decade at the second annual Epicenter Music Festival in Fontana,
California, on September 25, 2010. Rookie producer C-Lance has
stated in an interview with Hip-Hop Canada that he is also working
with House of Pain on their new album. They are in talks at this
time with Disturbing Tha Peace for a reported label move. Though
Lethal is still a member of the group, he didn't join them on their
2011 reunion tour due to prior obligations with Limp Bizkit.[2][3] * "Jump Around" is
played at various sporting events in North America. It is played
between the 3rd and 4th quarters of every University of Wisconsin
home football game, with the entire stadium and players often participating.
It is used in many television and cinema productions, such as in
the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire, the 1997 film Happy Gilmore, the
TV series My Name Is Earl, and in commercials for Strongbow Cider
in Australia, Mars Bar in the United Kingdom and for Pringles in
the US. It also played in the American film Black Hawk Down and
in a Bridgestone tire commercial originally aired during 2009's
NFL Super Bowl and still airing as of September 2010. [edit] Discography For a complete House of Pain discography, see external links. [edit] Albums * "Jump Around" / "HOP
Anthem" (1992) #3 US, #8 UK [edit] Soundtrack contributions * Judgment Night (1993) - song with Helmet "Just
Another Victim"
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