Beauty Pill

Infobox musical artist
Name = Beauty Pill


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Origin = United States
Genre = Indie
Years_active = 1999?-present
Label = Dischord Records
Desoto Records
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URL = http://www.myspace.com/beautypill
Current_members = Chad Clark
Jean Cook
Drew Doucette
Basla Andolsun
Devin Ocampo
Chad Molter
Past_members = Ryan Nelson
Rachel Burke
Joanne Gholl
Abram Goodrich
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Beauty Pill is an indie rock band from Washington DC with band members once/currently affiliated with Smart Went Crazy, Del Cielo, Most Secret Method, Bald Rapunzel, Druids, Casino Action, Soccer Team, The Routineers, Faraquet, Medications, Ida, Jon Langford, and Heat Better Scream.

The brain child of Chad Clark, Beauty Pill creates atmospheric indie rock including subjects such as drug use, murderous thoughts and events, and complex love relations. Beauty Pill has had two previous female vocalists, Joanne Gholl and Rachel Burke. The steady line up includes Chad Clark (vocals, guitar, song writing), Jean Cook (vocals, keyboard, percussion), Basla Andolsun (bass guitar), and Drew Doucette (guitar).

Beauty Pill began as a studio project with Chad Clark, Joanne Gholl, and Abram Goodrich. They were the creative force behind The Cigarette Girl From the Future. Ryan Nelson was brought in as they tried to become a touring outfit, and Joanne and Abram dropped out as they were unable to commit to such a band. Then, Rachel, Basla, and Drew joined, and they began playing shows together. In Fall 2004, Rachel moved back to Seattle to be closer to her family, and Jean Cook was brought in to take over vocals and wurlitzer. After brief tour in the fall and winter of 2004-5, Beauty Pill went into "hibernation," during which Ryan Nelson left the band. He was replaced by Devin Ocampo and Chad Molter.

In June 2006, Chad Clark took over a fan-created MySpace and began posting updates about Beauty Pill, including a new song and tourdates. [http://www.myspace.com/beautypill] The current touring band includes Basla Andolsun (bass), Chad Clark (voice, guitar, treatments), Jean Cook (voice, wurlitzer, skilletophone, strings), Drew Doucette (guitar), Devin Ocampo (drums, guitar) and Chad Molter (percussion, guitar, drums, bass). Clark attributes the band's relative inactivity from 2003 - 2006 to the time commitment required to operate Silver Sonya, the studio he runs with Aloha's T.J. Lipple and Devin Ocampo.

Participating in the April 2007 benefit shows for Callum Robbins, the band was augmented by Cale Parks and T.J. Lipple, both of Aloha, performing drums and percussion on two separate kits. Chad Clark announced that the forthcoming record has been delayed due to recording and record label issues. At this time, no release date has been given.

Discography

*The Cigarette Girl From the Future (2001 EP)
*You Are Right To Be Afraid (2003 EP)
*The Unsustainable Lifestyle (2004 LP)

External links

* [http://www.timmcmahan.com/beauty.htm Lazy-i Interview: April 2004]
* [http://www.myspace.com/beautypill Beauty Pill on Myspace]
* [http://www.highbeam.com/library/docFree.asp?DOCID=1G1:137159114 Thrasher Interview: September 2005]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/37516/Beauty_Pill_off_Hiatus_on_Tour Pitchfork "Beauty Pill Off Hiatus, On Tour" July 2006]
* [http://dissonance.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=184503 Beauty Pill interview on Dissonance Radio, December 2006]