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Music Appreciation

highplainsdem

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Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Original post)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 11:24 PM

Oct 10

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/faster-pussycat/house-of-pain

Written by Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe and guitarist Greg Steele, "House of Pain" is about Downe's father, who wasn't there for him:

There's no one home
In my house of pain

Downe's dad was a guitar player who brought rock music into the household, which according to Taime was the only contribution his dad made to his career. Taime was named after his father (Gustave), but rejected it, going with a childhood nickname because he didn't want to give his father any credit.

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Does anyone here know the back story of this song? [View all] MarineCombatEngineer Oct 10 OP

This is all I could find with a quick search: highplainsdem Oct 10 #1

Thank you for that info. MarineCombatEngineer Oct 10 #2