About Me
Ten years of Pain!!! Traveler in Pain has been rocking New Mexico crowds for over ten years. The band offers a broad, diverse and entertaining musical experience time and time again. At times, the members have changed, as well as the musical content. However, the dedication perseverance and the inspiration provided us by our "family of pain" (fan base), have provided us the opportunity to perform our preferred musical styles (including original material), on a consistent basis; to friends new and old. The band consists of Lance Sedillo, lead vocals and rhythm guitar, James Campbell Lead Guitar and back-up vocals, Todd Wilburn Drums and recording producer/engineer, and Tom Michaels Bass and backing vocals. To date, this is the most heavy (no, not another fat joke), diverse, and the busiest line-up we have had so far. We currently average three weekends per month between Albuquerque's favorite live hotspots, as well as occasional trips to play in Los Lunas. We are Hard at work at incorporating a bunch of new material into the set-list, to make the tenth year rocking the best so far.Traveler in Pain formed in the winter of 1998, as members of different bands and projects got together to play heavy rock music. The original members, myself (Lance Sedillo), David Baca, R.L. Florez, and Anders Fingold instantly created a musical vibe between us. Our interpretations and versions of classic rock and classic metal tunes from our favorite bands, ranging from Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy, Kiss, Pink Floyd, as well as music from contemporary artists such as Danzig, Candelbox, and Iron Maiden, soon became fan favorites. In our first year together, the band progressed from playing keggers for family and friends, to taking on bigger endeavors such as headlining several shows at the El Rey Theater (including the highly successful Creepy Crawl 1999), performing several times at sprockets in Albuquerque, and playing Gators in Farmington.In early 2000, the band met its first serious challenge when we learned our drummer, Anders Fingold would be moving home to Chicago. With lightning efficiency, the band entered Broadway Studios in February 2000 to complete the basic tracks of what would later become the band's self titled CD - Traveler in Pain. Before Anders' departure, the band did send Anders off in style by playing one final show with him at Downtown's Golden West Saloon. The band took a few months off, with the task of trying to find a replacement to fill the shoes of Anders. The band also attempted to add a second guitar player to help fill out the sound in the performance of Traveler in Pain music. In the meantime, the remaining members completed their parts and finished working on the CD in May 2000.During the time off, the band was asked to perform at several venues in town (including Downtown's Spring Crawl), but due to our recording schedule, the band waited until mid June before booking future shows. The band did go through a few personnel changes over the summer. With the addition of Brian Maestas on guitar and drummer Ruben Castillo, we debuted our CD with a fresh line-up. The summer of pain rocked from June's CD release at the El Rey Theater, through the band becoming a regular in the bar scene. The line-up may have changed a little bit, but the band rocked and the people had a blast.The band's fluidity and diversity is exemplified not only in the different styles of music we perform, but also in our ability to work with several different musicians and still put on a rockin' show. The best example of this was New Year's 2001 weekend at Misty's Hideaway, when we performed to a packed house with veteran high caliber performers, Greg Valdez on guitar and Gary Gabaldon on drums, who had only been with us less than a month. Whatever successes we have had or may have can be attributed to the fact that we are willing to further develop and expand our set list when feasible, and our willingness to flyer and self promote as much as possible, as well as our ability to try to make every performance a special event.2002 was a busy year in the local scene, which also saw the return of Brian Maestas on guitar and the departure of original bass player R.L. Florez, replaced by Anton B. Rich. We became a regular in the local band scene circa 2001 and have played 2 to 3 weekends a month consistently since 2001. In that time we have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Albuquerque's best local bands, including "Raven Storm, Raven's X, Ravenous", "Joker's Wild", "Shit Happens", "Systemic", "Harvey and the Prowlers", "12 Gauge", "Spanish Fly", "Booger", "Kaotic State", "No Promise", "Pimpin Gin", "SKAR", "Down on Mercy", "Toil", and "Severe". In addition, we have had the honor of including in the band, either part time or as honorary members, Gary Gabaldon (Dr. Feelgood, Joker's Wild, Hit Parade), Anton B. Rich, Earnest Holguin (Joker's Wild, Suicide Solution), Tom Gutierrez (Dr. Feelgood, Hit parade), Greg Valdez (Twice Shy,amnesia), Fred Velásquez, Dennis Painter (Harvey and the Prowlers), Spidey, Phil Miranda (Shit Happens), Ruben Castillo, and many more killer musicians who have sat in with us, and inspired us over the years.During the period from 2001 through August 2003, we were able to maintain our level of productivity, but felt we were unable to develop our original material or settle on a line-up. While we were able to "rock out" by commissioning the help of Gary, Phil, or Greg, we were unable to solidify this line-up as our drummer, our band, etc. This changed in September 2003, when we debuted our heaviest and most consistent line-up yet, which includes monster drummer Todd Wilburn, whose influences range from Jazz to Death Metal, has a resume too long to print, and whose skills as a recording producer conjure up memories of Phil Spectors wall of sound meets Frankenstein. The final piece of the puzzle of pain was Patrick Gabaldon, whose playing enthusiasm, comedy, and willingness to play any song (really, any song), has provided inspiration to the fans and the rest of the band. This definitive line -up played throughout Albuquerque for over 4 years which culminated with our Album and CD release In August of 2008. It was as a tribute to this line-up that we just released the double live cd, which includes the full cd release concert, the 94 rock interview and unplugged performance, as well as the final gig featuring that line- up titled Heroes and Legends Pat's final gig.The band has had a few line-up changes over the past two years, as Brian and Pat took leave from the band and were replaced by James CAMPBELL AND STEVE WILBURN, Who was then followed by our current bass player extraordinair, Tom Michaels RESPECTIVELY. In January of 2009, We have just completed our ten years of rocking New Mexico and we are already booked solidly through 2009, so enjoy the eleventh year rocking...The current set list varies from Classic Rockers like Elvis, Cheap Trick, The Rolling Stones, Lynard Skynard, the Doors, Classic Metal from Ozzy, Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Dio, to contemporary heavyweights Slayer, Megadeth, Godsmack, Rage Against The Machine, Buck Cherry, Velvet Revolver, Pantera and Rob Zombie. Our last studio album "Paths of Sorrow, Roads to Pain...", which was released in 2006, is loosely a conceptual piece of work, which deals with different people's walk through life (including my own). At times, this walk leads to anguish, pain,sorrow, self destruction, love, loneliness, greed and sometimes tragedy. However, the message is clearly a positive and inspirational as as you have heard since the summer of 2006. And as of this writing, I am currently throwing around ideas in my mind for our next Traveler foray. Thank you for joining the family of pain and for your support through the years. Enjoy the site, enjoy the music.PAIN...I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor
