House of Pain

House of Pain is an Irish American hip hop group who released three albums in the 1990s before lead rapper Everlast left to pursue his solo career again. The group is best known for its 1992 hit single "Jump Around", which reached #3 in the United States, #6 in Ireland and #8 in the United Kingdom. The group broke up in 1996 but reformed in 2010 as House of Pain, after the trio had been members of supergroup La Coka Nostra for several years.

Everlast teamed up with DJ Lethal and high school friend Danny Boy to form House of Pain. The group's debut album, House of Pain, was released in 1992 and went multi-platinum. The album spawned the successful DJ Muggs produced single "Jump Around".

Fashioning themselves as rowdy Irish-American hooligans, 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 who claimed Irish heritage, "Marky Mark" (Mark Wahlberg).

House of Pain abruptly broke up in 1996 after the release of their third album, Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again. On the release date of the album, Everlast announced his departure from the group.

In 2004, Rhino Records, released a hit collection, Shamrocks & Shenanigans, with singles from Everlast's early solo days, the House of Pain and his post-group solo efforts.

In September 2010, House of Pain reunited and performed their first show in a decade at the second annual Epicenter Music Festival in Fontana, California.

Music Videos

 * Fed Up
 * House of Pain Anthem
 * Jump Around
 * Legend
 * On Point
 * Shamrocks & Shenanigans
 * Who's The Man?