In the late 1980s Louisville, KY was a breeding ground for a new, complex, art-damaged form of punk rock that ultimately changed the face of underground rock.

CRAIN rose from the ashes of CEREBELLUM, an art-punk ensemble that featured the then teenaged Drew Daniel (MATMOS; SOFT PINK TRUTH) on vocals.

CRAIN made frantic, impassioned music that resonated for audiences who were otherwise bemused by contempory punk rock.

Twelve years after its original release, the near-mythical CRAIN album "Speed" is re-realeased, with four bonus tracks of rare and unreleased material.

It was recorded by Steve Albini in 1991 on an 8-track in his basement and remastered from the original tapes by John Golden in 2004.

"Speed" fits somewhere bewteen the positive punk anthems of FUGAZI and the gritty, wall-of-noise melodicism of NIRVANA.