3 Stages Of Pain

3 Stages of Pain were a hardcore band from Sheffield, England, consisting of:
*Daniel Walsh (guitar)
*Damo Fowkes (guitar)
*Stephen Averill (bass)
*Tony Shephard (drums)
*Shelf (vocals)
The band signed to undergroove records and their first album 'With Chaos In Her Wake' was released in 2002, and the band acheived critical acclaim, they landed a John Peel Radio One Session and went on to tour with amongst others Clutch, Therapy?, Pale Horse, 27 and Dukes of Nothing.
In 2005 the band released their second album, also on Undergroove, 'Black Heart Blues' was an excellent title for the album which featured both hardcore and blues rock. The final track on the album 'Seconds Later (They Suddenly Die)' features a duet between Shelf (3sop vocalist) and Maria Christopher from Boston, US group 27. 
In October 2005 3 Stages of Pain toured with US band Kylesa and a few months afterwards they announced they were to finish.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played tracks from the group in the early 00's, including a session they recorded for his programme in 2003. He also nominated their album, 'With Chaos In Her Wake', as one of his records of the month for December 2002 (Peel's Record Box)
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 2003-01-09. First Broadcast: 11 February 2003
*I Am 6 Foot 2 Inches / Death Rides The Highway / Million Times / Hull Diver
==Other Shows Played==
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*08 October 2002: 'Invention V (v/a LP-Now That's What I Call Terror 19)' (Terrorizer)
*13 November 2002: 'If X Was Equal To Y (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake)' (Undergroove)
*21 November 2002 (Radio Eins): 'If X Was Equal To Y (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake)' (Undergroove)
*28 November 2002: Death Rides The Highway (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake) Undergroove
*28 November 2002 (Radio Mafia): 'If X Was Equal To Y (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake)' (Undergroove)
*03 December 2002: 'Invention VI (LP-With Chaos In Her Wake)' (Undergroove)
*05 December 2002: Southern Bullet (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake) Undergroove
*11 December 2002 (Radio Mafia): unknown (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake) Undergroove
*12 December 2002 (Radio Eins): Death Rides The Highway (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake) Undergroove
*12 December 2002 (Radio Mafia): Death Rides The Highway (LP - With Chaos In Her Wake) Undergroove
==External Links==
*Last FM
*Discogs
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