Damien Done
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| Damien Done | |
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| Origin | Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Genre(s) | Indie Rock |
| Years active | 2003-Present |
| Label(s) | Good Life Recordings |
| Members | |
| Damien Moyal: Vocals, guitar, bass, drums |
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| Former members | |
| Additions on recordings: Ariel Arro: Guitar Juan Montoya: Guitar James Paul Wisner: Bass Matthew Crum: Drums Jason Lederman: Drums |
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Damien Done is the current band for Damien Moyal, in which he uses his pseudo-name to release a dark indie musical output. He has been featured on soundtracks and compilations, and has released music videos that have gained popularity for a somewhat controversial attitude. Damien has described the project as "Danzig made acoustic" in certain interviews.
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[edit] History
[edit] Beginnings
The first songs were written under the band name of "Rubbers". However soon after a six songs demo started to circulate on the net in early 2003, it had appeared that he changed the name to "Damien Done". The material featured, was much different from the previous musical hardcore bands Damien had been with. These demos were mostly acoustic songs, and featured rough, dark indie-like vocals, along with distorted and often synthesized electric guitar.
[edit] Love Thongs
Soon after the debut album was announced, "Love Thongs", under the name Damien Done. Its schedule release date was April 2004, under Good Life Recordings, as their 95th release. It was advertised to be a CD+DVD combo, featuring music videos, as well as a making of the album. The album was produced by James Paul Wisner, who had worked with Damien on many of the As Friends Rust albums. It reunited Matthew Crum on drums, who had been As Friends Rust's first drummer, as well as Jason Lederman from Shai Hulud on some tracks. James Paul Wisner also played bass on the album, and Juan Montoya made an appearance on "Ass-Crack is the New Cleavage".
Three music videos were said to have been shot. "Ass-Crack is the New Cleavage" is the only one to have been released. It was directed by Dwid Hellion, who had been in Integrity. The music video was deemed controversial, but many did not understand why. Women walking around in bikinis, and Damien smoking and drinking seemed to be a like most music videos one would see on television these days. However, Damien had previously been in many straight-edge bands, and is therefore judged to be moving away from the beliefs and bringing controversy within old fans.
An official website was made for the artist, and the music video, mp3s and information were added, and advertised. Time came to April, and the album was not released, and kept being put off. The status seemed to stay the same, as Damien started doing interviews, and the album was not taken off from the list of releases on the Good Life Recordings website.
[edit] Stay Black
The album was delayed again and again, until finally in 2006 news of the release surfaced again. The album title had been changed to "Stay Black", and for the second time, an official approximate time of release was announced. It was due for late spring of 2006 and had moved up the Good Life Catalogue to 103. The song title for "Ass-Crack is the New Cleavage" had also been changed to simply "The New Cleavage".
In May 2006, Damien announced that a song would be on the soundtrack DVD for the documentary film The Vice Guide To Travel. This was the first song to be released to the public for buying (however only on the DVD).
The end of spring came and once again no album was released. During late summer the official website became defunct, and many started to believe the album would never be released. For many months no news were received by Damien.
[edit] Present
In early 2007, a Damien Done cover of the song Eighteen was released on the Integrity tribute album, Harder They Fall. Although it was first advertised in February 2006, this gave a hope that the band was still around at this time. This was also the first officially released song by Damien Done.
The myspace of the band, as well as Damien's, had changed location from Miami, Florida, to Ann Arbor, Michigan. This could have slowed down the process, however as of summer 2007, no news have resurfaced about the release of the full length, nor what the plans are for any of the project.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Releases
- Demo (2004)
- Stay Black (TBA)
[edit] Other Contributions
- Cat Song - Appeared on The Vice Guide To Travel (2006)
- Eighteen (3:53) - Appeared on Harder They Fall: Tribute To Integrity (2007)
- New Cleavage (3:34)- Appeared on Never Surrender (2005)
[edit] Videos
- Ass-Crack is the New Cleavage (2004)
