"Quintaine" redirects here. For the medieval jousting device, see Quintain

Quintain

Quintain may refer to:* Quintain , a jousting game* Quintain Estates and Development, a property company* Quintaine Americana, a rock band...

.

Quintaine Americana is a hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band from Boston (but with deep Southern roots) that started out in 1995.

History

Singer/guitarist Rob Dixon and drummer Jason King both hail from the small town of Drew

Drew, Mississippi

Drew is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,434 at the 2000 census. Drew, a rural community, is in the vicinity of several plantations and the Mississippi State Penitentiary, a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison for men.-Geography:Drew is located at...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

 and moved to Boston in the late 1980s. Bassist Marc Schleicher grew up in Norwell

Norwell, Massachusetts

Norwell is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population is currently 10,506 at the 2010 Census.Norwell was first settled in 1634 as a part of the settlement of Satuit , which encompasses present day Scituate and Norwell. It was officially created, in 1849 and soon became...

, Massachusetts but family reunions brought him to Alabama on a regular basis. In 1996 they released their debut album and placed second in the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble

WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble

The WBCN Rock 'n' Roll Rumble, begun in 1979, is a Greater Boston "battle of the bands" competition co-sponsored by WBCN-FM and its local music show Boston Emissions....

 (the Boston battle of the bands since 1979). Their second album was released on major label Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

. They toured the US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 with Karma to Burn

Karma to Burn

Karma to Burn, sometimes known as K2B, is a desert rock/stoner metal band from Morgantown, West Virginia comprising guitarist William Mecum, bassist Rich Mullins, and drummer Rob Oswald...

, but were most popular in New England. Their third full-length was co-produced by Andrew "Mudrock" Murdock

Andrew Murdock

Andrew Murdock, also known as Mudrock, is an American record producer specializing in the rock and metal genres.He is best known for producing Godsmack's Godsmack and Awake albums...

, who came back to Boston to help out because he thought that they were "a great band" whose "recordings have [never] properly captured them." In early 2001 they added a second guitarist, Pete Valle. Quintaine's last album was released in 2004. The band's name was inspired by a character from an episode of Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt (TV series)

Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...

—Billy Quintaine.

RedneckFest

The RedneckFest is an annual event celebrating the music and culture of the South, curated by Quintaine. Inspiration came to the band after the record release party for their debut album, Needles, which featured 12 bands. Subsequent years saw the musical styles represented broaden to include bluegrass, rockabilly, country, and Southern rock, along with punk, hard rock, and stoner rock. In 2001 the Fest spanned four nights at three different clubs and featured 21 bands.

Albums

• Needles (1996, CherryDisc
  CherryDisc Records
  CherryDisc Records was a Boston-based independent record label in the mid- to late-1990s. It gained notoriety by moving acts such as Letters to Cleo, Big Catholic Guilt, Smackmelon, Tracy Bonham, The Sheila Divine, Quintaine Americana, and Semisonic on to major labels.Cherrydisc was founded in 1991...
  
  )
• Decade of the Brain (1998, Roadrunner
  Roadrunner Records
  Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
  
  )
• The Devil Went down to Mississippi EP (2000, Curve of the Earth)
• Dark Thirty (2003, Curve of the Earth)
• Sharpshooter Blues (2004, Traktor7)

Compilation appearances

• Take Your Medicine (1996, Wonderdrug) (song: "Retarded Whore")
• Wicked Deluxe (1996, Wicked Disc
  Newbury Comics
  Newbury Comics is a New England-based music retailer. Newbury Comics began as a comic book vendor on Newbury Street in Boston. The company was founded in 1978 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology students John Brusger and Mike Dreese. Over the next few years, the focus of the company changed...
  
  ) (song: "Black Car")
• Allston Rock City (1997, Curve of the Earth) (song: "Aunt Ruth")
• Up the Dosage (1999, Wonderdrug) (song: "The Good Stuff")

Other

• split single w/Milligram
  Milligram (band)
  2002-Compilation Appearances:2001* Music With Attitude: Volume 31Have contributed with track "Not Okay" - 4:012002* Sucking the 70sHave contributed with track "Rumblin' Man" a cover song of the band Cactus - 3:47-External links:***...
  
   (1999, Polterchrist Records/TRAKTOR7 Records) (song: "Rebel Yell
  Rebel Yell (song)
  "Rebel Yell" is the first song on the Billy Idol album of the same name. When first released in 1984, it charted outside the UK Top 40, but a re-issue in 1985 reached #6. It did not fare as well in the US, only reaching #46...
  
  ")

Sources

• Off the Record, Sean Richardson, Boston Phoenix
  The Phoenix (newspaper)
  The Phoenix is the name of several alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts including the Boston Phoenix, the Providence Phoenix, the Portland Phoenix and the now-defunct Worcester Phoenix...
  
  , June 25, 2004.
• Dark-Thirty with Quintaine Americana, Sanjay, Lab Productions, April 21, 2002
• Decade of the Brain, Joe Garden, The A.V. Club
  The A.V. Club
  The A.V. Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion. Its features include reviews of new films, music, television, books, games and DVDs, as well as interviews and other regular offerings examining both new and classic media and other elements of pop culture. Unlike its...
  
  , March 29, 2002
• Local petal and munk, Carly Caroli, Boston Phoenix, December 28, 2000.
• Laugh Tracks, Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix, March 9, 1998.
• Profile at MusicMight