Tom Pained-Music That Matters!

While the world reels and careens far away from the tact it should have, Tom Pained stands askance, modern Alt-Rock sometimes Hip-Hop artist looking towards the heavens for the enlightenment overdue. Absorbing and filtering all he/we see into melodies and rhythms of our days mutual and apart, trying to paint clearly with poetry and gall, he calls it how he views it from his hopefully objective perch above the fray.

With no certain musical age his master, like an alchemist he seeks to blend the notes of decades and the grime of the times into aural gold that will last long after his bucket’s been kicked. No mean trick it is to admit but with eyes on this prize he aims to rise to the occasion, for your pleasure and fancy, not to mention intellect and dancing as the ship is going down. Smiling from his life’s boat where muzak’s in the brig, he’s dedicated to sailing you through the straits of life public and his own, hoping that in the end you’ll see exactly what’s in his heart, on his mind in these days that just don’t seem to rhyme.

Influenced mainly by such bands as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Van Morriison, Stone Temple Pilots, Stevie Winwood, The Stranglers, Graham Parker, as well as Hip-Hop and Rap, Tom thrives on variety of style more than a consistent sound; his voice is the consistently recognizable thread running through all he creates. This can be heard in his debut effort, the "concept" album "States" (below), which explores the various "states" of all our existences., or as the title tune's lyrics go:

From love to hate
and all in between
A gamut of emotions
Through body and soul
A raging stream
 

A clue to where Tom Pained's message is coming from is the writings of Thomas Paine, that great American patriot whose book, "Common Sense", basically ignited the American Revolution,. He once said, "The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion", a primary tenet of the concept of Democracy that so many countries aspire and have aspired to but seem to be forgetting fast. The good man would be "pained" today to see how things stand.

But along with this influence in Tom Pained's mind, some Rock philosophy once uttered by The Who's Pete Townshend eternally blazes: "Rock and Roll is always prepared to offer itself up as the tinder wood to the fire that will help burn away all the crap in this world." This is a driving force of Tom's compositions, and lyrics especially.These ideas fuel Tom's artistic "fire" that hopes to at least get people to think about how they might "burn away all the crap in this world".

But don't be put off by all this seriousness; may you dance while thinking about Tom's message, and in the essence of his songs perhaps find some refuge from the storms, and courage to go on.>p> Below are previews of all Tom's songs from his 3 albums "States", "Spectrum", and "Hats Off to...". You can buy songs for $1 and the whole album for $8.00. One song, however, "Blue of Time" can be heard in its entirety because it's a very special tune: it was concieved at Bron-y-aur Cottage in Wales, England, which Tom once had the great pleasure to visit. The cottage is renowned to Led Zeppelin fans because it is the spot where the band wrote all of the acoustic songs for its 3rd and some from the 4th album, including "Stairway to Heaven".

Also below are links for all Tom's videos, as well as lyrics, and information and credits for each song. All artwork can be enlarged with a simple click of the mouse.

May you enjoy exploring the website!

YOU CAN ALSO HEAR FULL VERSIONS OF A SELECTION OF SONGS FROM HIS 3 ALBUMS ON "TOM PAINED RADIO" 

https://www.jango.com/music/Tom+Pained

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