Milligram (band)

Milligram
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Alternative metal, Stoner Rock, alternative rock, Hardcore Punk, Heavy metal
Years active	1996 (1996)–2002 (2002)
Labels	Tortuga Recordings TRAKTOR7 Records Small Stone Records Overcome Records (France)
Associated acts	Only Living Witness Miltown Slapshot Roadsaw StompBox Juliana Hatfield Chevy Heston Blue Man Group Raw Radar War
Members
Jonah Jenkins Darryl Shepard Zephan "Zeph" Courtney Jeff Turlik
Past members
Bob Maloney

Milligram was an "Heavy Stoner rock" band from Boston.

Biography

Formed by Jonah Jenkins and Darryl Shepard in 1996, Milligram had no permanent drummer. Darryl finished out his time in Roadsaw, while Jonah went formed Miltown. After a predictably "major" label battle between Miltown and Warner Brothers/Giant Records, Jonah returned to Milligram in 1998. After recruiting Bob Maloney on bass and Zephan Courtney (StompBox, Juliana Hatfield, Chevy Heston) on drums, the "Hello Motherfucker! EP" CD/EP was recorded. In late 1999, Milligram parted ways with Bob Maloney and recruited Jeff Turlik (Blue Man Group, StompBox, Roadsaw) for bass duties. The "Hello Motherfucker! EP" CD/EP was released in April 28, 2000, on Tortuga Recordings. In march 20, 2001 the "Hello Motherfucker!" CD/EP was re-released with a bonus companion CD : "Black & White Rainbow". Their next release, which was originally titled "Death To America", was first scheduled to be recorded starting September 11, 2001, at New Alliance Studios in Boston. But due to the 9/11 events, recording was pushed back to 3 days in November, 2001, with the final recording finished over 3 days in February, 2002. The release was also renamed "This Is Class War". 14 songs from "This Is Class War" were originally released in a limited pressing of 300 hand-stamped CDRs on Jenkins's label : TRAKTOR7 Records. The band broke up in the Summer of 2002. Though they disbanded only a few months earlier, the Milligram’s final sessions were snapped up by Small Stone Records and released posthumously in February 25, 2003 with more than 30 minutes of bonus material such as outtakes or remixes (drums and vox only).

Band members

• Jonah Jenkins - vocals
• Darryl Shepard - guitar, piano
• Zephan "Zeph" Courtney - drums
• Bob Maloney (1996-1999) - Bass guitar
• Jeff Turlik (1999-2002) - Bass guitar

Discography

Year	Album
2001	Hello Motherfucker! (2001 re-issue) Released: march 20, 2001 Label: Tortuga Recordings
2003	This Is Class War Released: 2002 Label: TRAKTOR7 Records Re-released: February 25, 2003 Label: Small Stone Records

EPs

Year	Album
2000	Hello Motherfucker! EP Released: April 28, 2000 Label: Tortuga Recordings
2001	Black & White Rainbow (companion CD) Released: march 20, 2001 Label: Tortuga Recordings

7" Vinyls

1999

Milligram/Quintaine Americana split 7" (Polterchrist Records) limited pressing of 300 copies, colored vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover) - (Milligram) (Side A)"	1:58
2.	"Rebel Yell (Billy Idol cover) - (Quintaine Americana) (Side B)"	4:15

2002

Milligram s/t 7" (Superfi Records) limited pressing of fewer than 400 copies
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mean Machine (Motorhead Cover) (Side A)"	2:58
2.	"Back Seat Of My Car (Dwarves cover) (Side A)"	1:09
3.	"The Resentinel (Side B)"	3:59

Compilation Appearances

2001

• Music With Attitude: Volume 31

Have contributed with track "Not Okay" - 4:01

2002

• Sucking the 70s

Have contributed with track "Rumblin' Man" a cover song of the band Cactus - 3:47

External links

• Milligram on Small Stone Records
• Milligram on The Boston Phoenix
• Milligram on Spirit Of Metal
• Milligram on Allmusic.com
• Milligram on Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Milligram on Cosmiclava.com
• Interview with Jonah Jenkins at Deaf Sparrow
• Jonah Jenkins interview at Asice.net
• Jonah Jenkins interviewed in the Boston Phoenix by James Parker, author of Turned On: A Biography of Henry Rollins