Drain STH

Drain STH
Drain STH is an all-grrl metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. This page is a collection of things from my opportunities to see them perform live throughout the midwest USA. If you want the full-on details regarding this incredible band, please visit their website, www.drainsth.com.

Drain was on the 2nd Stage at OZZFest '99

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Check out this recent article from the Oct 1998 Maximum Guitar magazine
featuring a pic of Drain in some serious make-up! Click Here.

This page only serves as my personal admiration for Drain STH from my own experiences seeing them live and meeting them. Therefore, all images presented here are property of Dark One Designs; please ask permission if you'd like to "borrow" them, Thanks! Click the images to view.
This site was last updated November 25, 1998.

OZZfest 1997

The majority of photos on this page are from Drain's headlining show at the Pig Pen in Clinton, IA on July 31, 1998. Through my own negligence, I didn't bring a camera to the other 3 Drain shows I attended. I wasn't about to make the same mistake again witnessing what an amazing band Drain is live. So I killed a whole roll of film at this show barely saving some exposures to take with the members of Drain after the show! Nevertheless, these pictures pale in comparison to the intensity Drain STH unleashes onstage. Drain is definitely a band to see live to fully enjoy!

Maria Sjöholm at the Pig Pen July 31, 1998

Before I get any farther into the Pig Pen show, the top images from OZZfest were a couple of things Drain signed after their blazing performance on the second stage in broad daylight. In recognition of the awesome tune, "Smile," I had Drain sign my "I love Jesus" air freshener in which they each cracked a smile when signing. They are so fan-friendly, they also signed my DrainSTH postcard.

Flavia Canel at the Pig Pen

These photos of Drain STH are from a headlining performance at the Pig Pen in Clinton, IA. Interestingly enough, the only other show I've seen at the Pig Pen was Type O Negative & Drain almost a year & half earlier (2-8-97) which also was the first time I heard Drain as well as see them perform live. That was enough to suck me down the drain; I've been a big fan ever since.

Anna Kjellberg

My next opportunity to see Drain (June 5, 1997) in Grand Rapids, MI was a bust. They were part of the off-night Ozzfest touring bill that included Fear Factory and Powerman 5000 with Type O Negative headlining. This show at the Orbit Room was listed as an 8pm start, so I arrived a few minutes after 8pm only to see an empty stage. "Maybe the show is late getting started," I thought. Then I noticed people waving and yelling up to the forbidden-access balcony. When I looked up, I saw what appeared to be a few of the girls from Drain! Suddenly it dawned on me that they had already performed and were getting set to watch the remainder of the show! Yeah, you could say I was little upset. And I really only wanted to see them since I've seen the others before.

*Martina Axén*

The only redeeming factor of that Grand Rapids show was getting to talk to Anna and Maria during the remainder the show and having them to sign a Drain poster. Then even later hanging outside by the buses as they patiently waited for Type O Negative to leave was cool. Another note: Johnny Kelley of Type O had Anna come up onstage by the drumkit to sing "Black No. 1" with the band.

*Group Shots from the Pig Pen July 31, 1998*

My next chance to see Drain live was at Ozzfest at the New World Theatre outside of Chicago, June 19, 1997. Even in broad daylight, they kicked ass on the 2nd stage. And one of things that makes Drain such a cool band to love, after their set, they spent a considerable amount of time hanging out with the fans and signing autographs. They are so sweet!

The ticket pictured above is obviously from the Pig Pen show July 31, 1998 and the main reason why I decided to create this page. Not just because I now have several photos of them performing live but because this show reaffirmed to me what an incredibly awesome band this is and how deserving they are of even more exposure on the Internet. I love all the Drain fan Sites (which is why I chose to link to a few of them here) and my hopes are that even more people have an opportunity to witness this band live and hopefully support them by buying their CD. I want Drain to be around for a long time!

DJHooDoo w/Anna striking their serious looks after the show. Next time I'm gonna get Anna to smile in the photo.
Maria w/"brother" (as she put it). This was the very last frame on the roll. Since we were low on pictures after the show, Justin didn't get pics w/Martina or Flavia. Maybe next tour...

I've already written captions for the photos we took with band but I still cannot stress just how cool they are in person. I hope all Drain fans get a chance to meet and talk with them. I expect to add a few more things to this website as time goes on, so if you've made it this far, please stop back to see if there's anything new. Rather then rehash the same information that's already covered to it's fullest extent on several other Drain sites, I expect to keep a more personal tone to this page.

Darkone w/Anna again striking that "serious" look. Anna is really cool. She said they expect to work on their CD for an early 1999 release as soon as they finish touring next month (Sept).
Martina was the next Drain band member we talked to; she is super sweet. These photos are in the order we met each member.
Flavia was super modest. She didn't want her picture taken since she said she didn't have any make-up on. Yet I told her she still looked great.
We walked outside in the dark to catch Maria by the bus. She has such a great attitude w/the fans. It was so dark we couldn't even see when we took these pictures just hoping we got the shot. And we did!

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