Beauty Pill began playing together as a trio in 1999-formed by Smart Went Crazy survivors Chad Clark
and Abram Goodrich and their good friend Joanne Gholl. They released their first EP, The Cigarette Girl
From the Future, as a split venture between Dischord Records and Desoto Records in 2001. After the
release of the EP the band was joined by Ryan Nelson (ex-Most Secret Method) and began the
transformation from studio entity to a functioning live band. In the next year both Joanne and Abram
parted ways amicably, and Chad and Ryan were joined by Basla Andolsun (Del Cielo), Drew Doucet ...read more
Beauty Pill began playing together as a trio in 1999-formed by Smart Went Crazy survivors Chad Clark
and Abram Goodrich and their good friend Joanne Gholl. They released their first EP, The Cigarette Girl
From the Future, as a split venture between Dischord Records and Desoto Records in 2001. After the
release of the EP the band was joined by Ryan Nelson (ex-Most Secret Method) and began the
transformation from studio entity to a functioning live band. In the next year both Joanne and Abram
parted ways amicably, and Chad and Ryan were joined by Basla Andolsun (Del Cielo), Drew Doucette
(ex-Druids) and Rachel Burke. Beauty Pill recorded and released the EP You Are Right To Be Afraid on
Dischord with their new line up in the spring of 2003. The Unsustainable Lifestyle, their first full length
release, came out in March 2004. The album features appearances by members past and present as
well as contributions from Devin Ocampo (Faraquet, Smart Went Crazy), Chris Farrell (The Sorts,
Hoover), Joe Wong, and Sahba Sizdahkhani. « hide
