Max Pain and The Groovies are a five-piece from Salt Lake City, Utah who play psychedelic blues-influenced rock ‘n’ roll. The group played their first show on New Years Eve 2009 and quickly gained a following for their manic stage presence and performances that sometimes included a fire breathing front man. They quickly recorded some demos and started touring around their region, gigging around Salt Lake, Las Vegas, Southern Idaho and Denver and growing a name for themselves in the psyche rock revival scene.