Crash Pad is a punk rock and roll band from Gainesville, Florida. Crash Pad was founded and began playing shows in Spring 1996. Crash Pad consists of Adam Unhinged on vocals, guitar, and bass, Brian Krashpad on vocals, guitar, and bass, bassist extraordinaire P.J., and punkoidelic drummer J.T. Crash Pad has been described by local newspaper the Gainesville Sun as 'Gainesville's long-running, hard-working, old-school punks.' ('Sound Check' column, Pat Hughes, 9/17/99.) The G-Note webpage, in 1999, called Crash Pad 'one of Gainesville's only punk bands.' Local entertainment magazine Chomp says 'Crash Pad brings back the punk flavor Gainesville is missing' and 'definitely recommend[s]' checking out Crash Pad. (October 1999 Local Scene column.) Material written by different members helps give the repertoire more variety than would be the case with just one songwriter, as does the fact that different Crash Pad members sing, and occasionally trade instruments for different songs. All of Crash Pad's members have been in other local punk and underground rock bands, including Allen Wrench, Unhinged, Smart Bomb, and Camp 7, with recent arrival J.T. having played in the Central Florida bands the Bratchny and the Dead End Kids.

Crash Pad played the Alachua Music Harvest in October 1996, headlined by national acts including George Clinton and They Might Be Giants. Crash Pad also released its debut 12-song cassette in late November of that year. During 1997 Crash Pad continued playing local clubs, but also went on the road to play the Cow Haus in Tallahassee, the Moto Lounge in Jacksonville, and the Central Florida Peace Party in Lake County. In 1998 Crash Pad expanded to a quartet, was instrumental in the 'Save 97X' (a local radio station bought out by corporate lackeys) campaign, organized and played a benefit for outlawed microbroadcasters Free Radio Gainesville, began recording for its second release, and played downstate in Fort Myers at Higher Learning in addition to the usual local shows. In 1999 Crash Pad continued playing local shows, including another FRG benefit and headlining the 10th Annual Gainesville Hempfest, and was nominated for 3 Hogtown Music Awards ('Hammies') by the readers of local alternative newsmonthly Moon Magazine, in the categories of Best Overall Band, Best Rock Band, and Best Punk Band. The group also released a three-song CD single, 'Nine Minutes of Pleasure' in limited release, which garnered favorable reviews from World Wide Punk and the G-Note websites and from local student newspaper the Orange and Blue (January 2000). In 2000 the band continued playing local clubs, including a benefit for Campus NOW, as well as around Florida, such as D.I.Y. Records in Orlando.

Crash Pad's first release garnered favorable reviews in such national and regional publications as MaximumRockAndRoll and Ink 19, and on websites like World Wide Punk and the G-Note. Requests for the album were received from radio stations in cities including Chicago, Phoenix, Monterrey, Mexico, and Caracas, Venezuela. A song from the first release was also featured on the Punk-List Zine's 1998 edition compilation, and was the winner of a contest on the Indie Jukebox webpage where it competed with songs from bands from the US and other countries. Songs from the unreleased second Crash Pad record (still in progress) have received airplay locally on pirate station FM 96.7 in 1998, on 97X, where Crash Pad personally appeared on the Moe Music show in both 1997 and 1998, and on Free Radio Gainesville, where Crash Pad also personally appeared in 1998. In 2000 songs from the CD-single began getting airplay onlocal mainstream Rock station 104.

Crash Pad seeks to play all available venues and has brought its high-energy stage show to numerous local clubs, both 'mainstream' and 'alternative' oriented, including: Covered Dish, Hardback Cafe, Lyric, Florida Theatre (Pub and High Note), Down-Lo, Full Circle, Brick City, Civic Media Center, Purple Porpoise, Common Grounds, the University Club, and the Melody Club.