The Methadones were formed by Dan Schafer (Danny Vapid) of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and The Riverdales in the early 1990s as a side project, which disbanded soon after. After his main bands began to die down, he decided to put a new Methadones line-up together. Initially the new incarnation of the band was a trio consisting of Schafer, B-Face of The Queers on bass, and Dan Lumley on drums. The current lineup includes Schafer (vocals), Mike Byrne (ex-Vindictives, guitar, back up vocals), Pete Mittler (bass, back up vocals), Mike Soucy (drums), and Ken Ortman (ex-Battalion of Saints, guitar, backup vocals). During a May 26, 2007 show at the Beat Kitchen Dan handed his guitar off to Ken Ortman, who had briefly played guitar in one of the early 90s versions of the band (and later, played bass for Battalion of Saints in 1995-96). They played several songs as a five piece, and due to the overwhelmingly positive fan reaction, Ken joined the ba

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