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Members
Everlast (A.K.A. Whitey Ford & Mr. White) (Born Erik Schrody, August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, NY)
Danny Boy (Born Daniel O'Connor, December 12, 1968, in Brooklyn, NY)
DJ Lethal (Born Leor DiMant (Latvian: Leors Dimants), December 18, 1972 in Riga, Latvia SSR, USSR)

Members' Other Groups
La Coka Nostra:

Danny Boy (Born Daniel O'Connor, December 12, 1968, in Brooklyn, NY)
DJ Lethal (Born Leor DiMant (Latvian: Leors Dimants), December 18, 1972 in Riga, Latvia SSR, USSR)
Slaine (Born George Carroll, Jr., in 1979 or 1980 in Boston, MA)
Ill Bill (Born William Braunstein, 1972 in Brooklyn, NY)

~Former Members~
Everlast (A.K.A. Whitey Ford & Mr. White) (Born Erik Schrody, August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, NY)
Big Left

Limp Bizkit:

DJ Lethal (Born Leor DiMant (Latvian: Leors Dimants), December 18, 1972 in Riga, Latvia SSR, USSR)
Fred Durst (Born William Frederick Durst, August 20, 1970 in Gastonia, NC)
Sam Rivers (Born Samuel Robert Rivers, September 21, 1977 in Jacksonville, FL)
John Otto (Born John Everett Otto, March 22, 1977 in Jacksonville, FL)
Terry Balsamo (Born Terrence Patrick David Balsamo, October 9, 1973 in Tampa, FL)

~Former Members~
Wes Borland (Born Wesley Louden Borland, February 7, 1975 in Richmond, VA)
Mike Smith (Born on October 11, 1973 in Middle River, MD)

See Also: Ice-T, Cypress Hill, Non-Phixion & La Coka Nostra

Albums
House Of Pain
House Of Pain - Same As It Ever Was
House Of Pain - Shamrocks & Shenanigans: The Best Of House Of Pain And Everlast
Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
Everlast - Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford
La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust
La Coka Nostra - Masters Of The Dark Art

Mixtapes
La Coka Nostra - The L.C.N. LP
La Coka Nostra - The L.C.N. Familia Volume 2

Singles
La Coka Nostra - Fuck Tony Montana b/w Get Out Of My Way (Single)

Also Featured On...
Bad Azz - Executive Decision: Business, Nothing Personal (Everlast)
Black And White (Everlast)
Bosko - Production Reel (Greatest Hits) (Limp Bizkit)
B Real - The Gunslinger Part II: Fist Full Of Dollars (Everlast)
Cypress Hill - Rare Connection (Everlast)
Cypress Hill - Rise Up (Everlast)
Dilated Peoples - The Platform (Everlast)
DJ Muggs Vs. Ill Bill - Kill Devil Hills (Everlast)
The Fast And The Furious (Limp Bizkit)
How High (Limp Bizkit)
Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey (DJ Lethal & Everlast)
Kurupt - Against The Grain (Official Bootleg) (Everlast)
Millennium Hip-Hop Party
MTV Party To Go Vol. 3
MTV The First 1000 Years: Hip Hop
Muggs Presents Soul Assassins II (Everlast)
Paris Presents: Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1 (Everlast)
Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through (Everlast)
Santana - Supernatural (Everlast)
Serial Rhyme Killas - Deluxe Rapture (Everlast)
Slaine - A World With No Skies (Original) (Everlast)
Slaine - A World With No Skies 2.0 (Everlast)
Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin' (Everlast)
Viva La Revolución Volume I: Get Up, Stand Up (Thug Radio Mixtape) (Everlast)
Who's The Man?
X-Ecutioners - Built From Scratch (Everlast)
Xzibit - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz (Everlast)

Bio From AllMusic.Com
"Jump Around," an impossibly infectious and catchy single, instantly elevated House of Pain from an unknown white hip-hop group to near-stars when it became a massive crossover hit in 1992. It made the band and it also broke the band, consigning them to the level of one-hit wonders. House of Pain continued to release records after their eponymous 1992 debut and "Jump Around," yet none of them gained much attention, partially because of the band's self-consciously loutish behavior. Led by rapper Everlast, the group celebrated their Irish-American heritage by wearing green, drinking prodigious amounts of beer, and swearing constantly. It certainly earned them attention at the outset, particularly when it was tied to a single like "Jump Around," but the bottom quickly fell out of their career. The group's second album, 1994's Same As It Ever Was, went gold, but it failed to generate a hit single, and by the time of 1996's Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again, the band had been forgotten.

Everlast (born Erik Schrody, August 18, 1969) became fascinated by hip-hop while he was in high school, eventually becoming part of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate. His association with Ice-T led to a contract with Warner Bros., who released his debut album, Forever Everlasting, in 1990. After the record bombed, Everlast formed House of Pain with his high school friend Danny Boy (born Daniel O'Connor) and DJ Lethal (born Leor DiMant), a Latvian immigrant. Released on Tommy Boy Records, the group's eponymous 1992 debut was co-produced by Muggs, who masterminded Cypress Hill's groundbreaking debut. Muggs gave "Jump Around" its distinctive, incessant beat, which merged a deep bass groove with drum loops and Public Enemy-styled sirens. On the back of Kris Kross spring hit "Jump," "Jump Around" became a huge hit in the summer of 1992, peaking at number three on the pop charts. Both the single's video and the remainder of House of Pain celebrated the group's Irish heritage in a tongue-in-cheek fashion that quickly became shtick. Throughout their 1993 tour, the group ran into trouble with promoters and the law, culminating in Everlast's March arrest for possessing an unregistered, unloaded pistol at Kennedy Airport. He was sentenced to community service, and later that year, the group began work on their second album.

Like its predecessor, 1994's Same As It Ever Was was produced by Muggs. Upon its summer release, the record was greeted with surprisingly strong reviews and sales, debuting at number 12 on the charts. However, the sales quickly slowed as "On Point" failed to become a hit. Most of the next two years were spent in seclusion, and the group returned in the fall of 1996 with Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again, a record that was ignored by both the press and the public. Everlast returned in 1998 as a solo act, and gained critical acclaim for his debut, Whitey Ford Sings The Blues. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Everlast's Bio From AllMusic.Com
Once best known for his tenure in the rap unit House of Pain, Everlast successfully reinvented himself in 1998 with the best-selling Whitey Ford Sings The Blues, a largely acoustic, hip-hop-flavored effort in the genre-crossing mold of Beck. Born Erik Schrody, Everlast first surfaced in Los Angeles as a member of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate Cartel, issuing his debut album, Forever Everlasting, in 1990. When the album failed to find an audience, he formed House of Pain with Danny Boy and DJ Lethal; carving out an image which drew heavily on Everlast and Danny Boy's shared Irish heritage, the trio managed to overcome the stereotypes facing white rappers and scored a massive hit with their 1992 single "Jump Around." Their self-titled debut LP also went platinum, but when follow-ups including 1994's Same As It Ever Was and 1996's Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again failed to repeat House of Pain's early success, the group disbanded.

Everlast then returned to his solo career, but while recording Whitey Ford Sings the Blues he suffered a massive cardiac arrest stemming from a congenital defect, resulting in heart bypass surgery and an artificial valve implant. Following his recovery, he completed the album, which appeared in the fall of 1998 to strong commercial notices: hitting the Top Ten, going platinum, and launching the Top 40 single "What It's Like." After appearing on Santana's vaunted comeback album Supernatural, Everlast began work on a follow-up with an eclectic group of guest artists. Titled Eat at Whitey's, the album was released in late 2000, and enjoyed critical notice (even if it wasn't quite as succesful as Whitey Ford). Everlast then signed with Island/Def Jam before releasing the the moody, song-driven White Trash Beautiful in 2004. The album featured a strong country influence, but its new sound failed to boost Everlast's record sales. He was dropped from the label soon after, but Everlast bounced back by joining his House of Pain alums in a hip-hop supergroup named La Coka Nostra. The group released several recordings via MySpace in 2008; that same year, Everlast issued his fifth studio album, Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford, on his own label. The album featured a cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," which Everlast released as a single. - Jason Ankeny

Danny Boy's Bio From Wikipedia.Org
Daniel O’Connor, (born December 12, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York), best known as Danny Boy O’Connor, is an Irish-American rapper and former member of the popular 90’s hip-hop group, House of Pain. Danny Boy moved to California in the 80’s where he masterminded, House of Pain, one of the first, all white, hip-hop groups. While attending William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills,California (1984 - 1986), he met Erik Schrody a.k.a. Everlast and asked him to join his now legendary hip-hop group. While in House of Pain, Danny Boy acted as the hype man, second emcee on stage, and more notably, the graphic artist of the group. After House of Pain disbanded Danny Boy continued to work on other projects such as his group Xsupermodels, freelance logo designing, street wear and kicks (sneakers). He is also the Executive Producer of the documentary film, “Just For Kicks” (2005). These days, Danny Boy attends many fashion events where he networks and presents his ideas to fellow artists. He has documented his interests in fashion and music while writing for Mass Appeal Magazine and he presently blogs and does his own video blogging for Kush TV. Danny Boy has found a new passion, being the originator of what is said to be the next hip-hop supergroup, La Coka Nostra. It was during this venture that Danny Boy discovered his talent for music video producing.

Just out of High School (1986), Daniel O’Connor - Danny Boy, made a living with his art background, tee shirt designing, graffiti, etc. Fast forward to the early 1990s. In 1990, Danny Boy wanted to dip into the music industry. "I wanted to start a group like no other out there. I needed someone who could rhyme, so I called up my boy from High School, Erik, and told him I had this dope idea." Danny Boy had met Erik Schrody - Everlast, while hanging out in the parking lot at William Howard Taft High School in California. There they would mingle with the inner city kids who were bused in from all over the Los Angeles area to their school. Both men were originally from New York and clicked right away. They began recording their first demo after Everlast left Rhyme Syndicate (with Ice-T). Erik called on his friend, Leor "Lee" Dimant- DJ Lethal, whom he met from Terri B, a rapper signed to Eazy E's (also a William Howard Taft High School graduate) label. He was her DJ at the time. Danny Boy’s "House Of Pain" was officially formed.

House Of Pain started playing clubs and parties around the LA area in 1990-1991. Then came their first full length album, also titled House Of Pain (1992) released on Tommy Boy Records. "How would I describe the sound of House Of Pain? Damn, it’s like drunken, street fighting rhymes, straight from Erik’s dome" explains Danny Boy in a video documentary about House Of Pain. "If you speak to anybody who’s ever been in jail, that’s what they call jail, the jail is the house of pain. And my personal view on what the house of pain is to me, it’s this, it’s my head. This is my house of pain. This is where everything goes on with me. Life is pain and anyone telling you different is selling something. And it’s like no pain, no gain, you know what I’m saying, it’s like if you want something and it’s going to be something that’s worth something, you’re gonna feel it somehow, you know?" replies Everlast. Danny Boy goes on to say, "We all bring something different to the table, we don't all come with the same thing, you know, like Lee will come with beats and scratches and beat box when we're live. Erik comes with quick, crazy ideas and dope lyrics. And I come with more of the creativity, concept, and visual and more than just the art part of the whole thing and just the whole image. And all together we're just a self-contained unit." In fact, it was Danny Boy who designed the infamous House Of Pain logo.

DJ Lethal's Bio From Wikipedia.Org
Leor Dimant (Latvian: Leors Dimants; born December 18, 1972 in Riga, Latvia), better known as DJ Lethal, is a turntablist and producer. He is best known as a member of the band Limp Bizkit, and formerly a member of the Irish-American-influenced hip hop group House of Pain.

Currently, DJ Lethal is the main producer of hip hop group La Coka Nostra, which includes his former House of Pain mates Everlast and Danny Boy, among others. The group's debut album is expected to be released in September 2008.

Leor DiMant was born in Riga, Latvia, when this country was still part of the Soviet Union. His first contact with music was through his father Grisha Dimant (1951–2007), who, along with his friends, played guitar in a rock band.

In 1979, when DiMant was seven, he and his family illegally left the USSR for Italy, where they remained for a year until they obtained a visa. They were then allowed to go to either Toronto, Los Angeles, or New York City. His parents chose New York. There, his father performed in various Russian clubs and restaurants mostly in Brighton Beach.

DiMant and his parents lived in Jersey City for a time. Here, he also attended yeshiva, but was apparently expelled for misbehaviour. His family later moved to Los Angeles in 1987 when his father got a job at a new Russian restaurant there. His first introduction to hip hop was in Jersey City, when his school held a talent show with several students performing a rap song, and DiMant was amazed. Once he moved to Los Angeles, he quickly became interested in hip hop culture, including break dancing and graffiti. Before learning to DJ, he actually started off as a beatboxer. He later practiced DJing using his friend's turntables and mixer.

By the late 80s, DiMant became friends with a female rapper who at that time dated rapper Everlast. When Everlast was about to go on a Europe tour with Ice-T and Rhyme Syndicate, he mentioned that he'd like to hear DiMant beatbox, and they met. Everlast was impressed by his beatboxing skills, and he invited DiMant to be his DJ on the upcoming tour. DiMant, who was only 16 at the time, decided to do so and dropped out of school.

After the tour, in 1990, Everlast's first solo album, including a track featuring scratching by DiMant, was released to both critical and commercial failure.

Following that, Everlast and DiMant, now known as DJ Lethal, decided to start a group, and with the addition of Everlast's high school friend Danny Boy, House of Pain was formed. The group's 1992 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and is best known for the DJ Muggs produced hit single "Jump Around" and the DJ Lethal produced "Shamrocks and Shenanigans". A second album was released in 1994.

In 1996, on the eve of the release of the group's third album, produced by Everlast and DJ Lethal, things began to go sour. DJ Lethal claims it started to become a hassle, and simply wasn't fun anymore. The day before the album came out, the group broke up.

On House of Pain's final tour, Limp Bizkit, an up-and-coming band from Jacksonville, Florida was hired as a supporting act. DJ Lethal and the band became friends, and later, Limp Bizkit hired him to do some work on their recordings, eventually asking him if he wanted to join them. DJ Lethal accepted the offer, and the band became one of the most popular nu metal and rapcore groups during the late 90s and early 2000s, selling over 33 million records worldwide.

DJ Lethal wanted his contributions to the band recordings to be more original than typical DJs in bands at the time. "There are a couple of other rock bands that have DJs and they’re just like, [mimics a chirp scratch] “Hey, what’s going on? Let me spin around a couple of times and show off that I can spin two records.” So I definitely knew I didn’t want to be just another DJ in a rock band. I wanted to be another instrument—a part of the band, like another guitar player." On Limp Bizkit albums, he is credited for doing "sound development".

Official Sites: Danny Boy's MySpace, Everlast, Everlast's MySpace, Everlast's Facebook & DJ Lethal's MySpace