Opiate for the Masses

Opiate for the Masses was founded in 1999 by singer Ron Underwood, drummer Elias Mallin, guitarist/keyboardist Jim Kaufman, and guitarist Dustin Lyon.[1] The group's name is an alteration of Karl Marx's famous aphorism, "Religion is the opium of the people".[2] Opiate for the Masses self-released a demo album entitled New Machines and the Wasted Life in 2000. In 2005, the band signed with Warcon Enterprises and issued the album The Spore.[3] By this time the group had added Seven Antonopoulos on drums and Anna K. (of Drain STH) on bass.[1] The group played the Taste of Chaos tour and opened for Static-X, Avenged Sevenfold, My Chemical Romance, and Disturbed on tour.[4] In 2008, the group signed with Century Media and released the album Manifesto.[5][6] The group followed the release of Manifesto by touring with Filter.[7] In 2009, the group disbanded.

• Ron Underwood - vocals
• Elias Mallin - Drums
• Dustin Lyon - Guitars
• Ryan Head - Bass
• Jim Kaufman - keyboards, guitar

• Seven Antonopoulos - drums
• Anna K. - bass

• New Machines and the Wasted Life (Self-released, 2000)
• Seven EP (Self-released, 2001)
• Goodbye EP (Self-released, 2003)
• The Spore (Warcon Enterprises, 2005)
• Manifesto (Century Media, 2008)

In 2010, original Opiate for the Masses members Ron Underwood, Elias Mallin, Dustin Lyon, Ryan Head, and guitarist Andy Gerold played a reunion show to a sold out crowd in Tempe, Arizona.