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INTUNE MAGAZINE www.northeastintune.com
Current Issue: VOL. 3 - NO. 5 May 18th – June 17th, 2007
Dame Brampton/Toronto, Ontario, Canada Unsigned www.myspace.com/dameband Indie / Rock / Progressive DAMES OFFICAL MYSPACE
By: Bob Donovan
Another Canadian band is well on the road to becoming one of my very favorites! Like their neighbor and predecessor (and my original favorite act), RUSH, Dame is another kick ass 3-piece band with power, hooks, grace, obvious talent and incredible drive. This time however, the band proving that The Great White North still rocks is an all female band whose members are just barely in High School!
Starting right out with smarts, talent and the ability to write great songs Dame also has an added ingredient for success – their looks! Yup, beauty, brains and talent are an awesome combination that can take a band far in today's music scene. Don't let the looks come into play tho – just listen to the band and you'll even forget they are girls! This band can seriously lay down a groove and kick out some serious sound with ease. If there is a young band out there today that can thrust women into the spotlight in the rock scene it will be Dame!
The songs I heard from this incredible young band were found on their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/dameband. It was pretty hard picking a favorite but, after some listening and totally enjoying them all, the one that I tended to lean toward was a powerful track called "Hey Angel". I felt this song showed the bands ability to 1) write great material, 2) easily slip into progressive changes and 3) proved these girls have what it takes to go far! I mean, all their songs were great, but "Hey Angel" is really tight and shows a powerful band that is capable of a softer, very melodic side within the same song without making it loose its overall power and captivation. AWESOME WORK! I'm impressed!
A very close second came with a track called "Amnesia". This isn't my second favorite because of its power or incredible chops and so forth, they have other songs for that. This one is a more simplistic song that gets to the point. It shows diversity in this very young band. Yes, this song still has power and grit, but overall, it is a more simplistic song that's easy to enjoy.
Third is an awesome song that shows diversity within the song itself. I'm talking about the track called "Cyclops". Starting off very melodic and soulful with a solid drum part and great vocals, it builds into a more powerful song with great guitar and bass work along with continuous good work on drums. Switching back and forth from slower, more melodic and soulful to insta-power and grit this song has great changes and awesome chops. A song more likely to be found written by an older and far more experienced band – but Dame wrote it and wrote it well!
Another awesome song that can be heard on their MySpace page is a track called "Overcome". This is yet another splendidly written song with great guitar work and the trademark powerhouse vocals. Smoothly implemented changes and transitions from verse to chorus make this another remarkably intense song! I don't know how these girls do this and I can't wait to get their entire CD. If I love the first 4 songs so much that I really have a hard time picking a favorite, can it be possible that the remaining songs on their debut will be as awesome?
Granted, there are only 4 tracks on their MySpace page so they have some material somewhere that I don't like as much. However, based on what I'm hearing from Dame right now, I don't actually know if they can write and perform an actual "bad" song! I think these girls kick ass! If they keep going the way they are and have open minds, they will be able to continue to grow and develop their skills while, at the same time, learning from others. What they learn from others can be incorporated into what they do, but I feel Dame is smarter than that – they will take what they learn and push it to the limit to develop it to its fullest potential and call it their own! That, my friends, is the evolution of a successful band!
Yup, they are a girl band so they will get good and bad press. People who know nothing about music and would never have the talent or guts to get up and play in front of people will rip them apart for tiny little things simply because they are a girl band competing in a male dominated field. However, if Dame can feed off and grow with the good press and their crowd response and take the bad with a grain of salt, I think these girls will be kickin' ass and takin' names for some time to come! Personally, I feel Dame will be a driving force in the music scene in the not to distant future. So, BUY their material now before they get signed and have a collector's item!
OK, I told you they were a young band and gave you a bit of an idea of how young in a couple statements I made early on in this article. However, I didn't want to divulge too much until you read what I had to say about the band and their music. But I think you'd be surprised how young they really are. So, let me introduce you to these totally talented and hard working girls of Dame:
Katee: Bass and Vocals – Age 15 Kayla: Drums – Age 14 Faye: Guitars -Age 16
Now, think about it; if this 3-piece band can be writing and pulling off awesome material now at this age, I can just envision where they will be after a few short years of experience and technique building! Dame is surely a band to enjoy now and keep watching, as they will unquestionably take off! In fact, in just over a year and a half, Dame has already become an MTV Canada featured band and chosen as Brampton's Best Rock band in the summer of 2006!
In their own words, this is what the girls of Dame have to say….
"We like a lot of classic rock like Zepplin and Ozzy and Guns & Roses... So it's pretty natural that every time we write a new song, it has to hit hard. We're always trying to write better and bigger songs, but one thing we figured out early was that we had something to say, and as long as we were tighter and heavier than the next band, people would listen." - Katee, bass and vocals
"We write about how we feel and what we're going through. Sometimes we write about what our friends have experienced. The world is a pretty messed up place and songs help you to sort it out. Why are we here, why do we kill each other, what else is out there... They aren't new questions. We just put them to music." - Faye, guitar
"There is nothing like making music. This is what we love to do. After school I practice. When I'm done practicing I call up Katee and Fay and we jam, working out the tunes. When the weekend comes we either gig or head into the studio to record a new track. I don't think it matters that we're young. It only matters that we work hard at making the songs perfect and that people sing along. That's all." - Kayla , drums
i see dead ppl... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.99.161.98 (talk) 00:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
