| The Damned Things | |
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Joe Trohman (left) and Keith Buckley (right) performing live with The Damned Things at The Borderline on June 10th, 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Mercury |
| Associated acts | Fall Out Boy, Anthrax, Every Time I Die, From Autumn to Ashes, Racetraitor, Vegan Reich |
| Website | www.thedamnedthings.com |
| Members | |
| Keith Buckley Scott Ian Joe Trohman Rob Caggiano Andy Hurley Josh Newton |
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The Damned Things are a heavy metal supergroup consisting of Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy, Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of Anthrax, Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die and Josh Newton formally of Every Time I Die[1] The band's name is inspired by the lyrics in Ram Jam's '70s version of "Black Betty".[2][3]
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The first seeds for the band were planted around 2008, when guitarists Joe Trohman and Scott Ian met and began writing music together.[4] They invited Keith Buckley, Rob Caggiano and Andy Hurley soon after.[4]
The band played their debut show at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, New York on June 1, 2010 and their first UK show in London at Heaven on June 10.[5][6] They also played on the second stage at the Download Festival on June 13, 2010, and on the Helvíti stage at the Copenhell Festival on June 12, 2010.[7] The first single "We've Got a Situation Here" was released on iTunes on October 25, 2010. Songs "Ironiclast" and "We've Got a Situation Here" were released together as a 7" vinyl and CD single on November 26, 2010, through Metal Club stores.[8] On October 21, 2010, The band released the song "Friday Night (Going Down In Flames)" via their Facebook and Myspace, as well as their debut album's artwork.[9]
On November 29, 2010, the band released the song "Little Darling" for free streaming through AbsolutePunk.net.[10]
The band's debut album Ironiclast was released on December 14, 2010 through Island Records.[11] Guitarist Joe Trohman has mentioned that for the album, the band was aiming for a blues-oriented, riff-oriented heavy/classic rock sound, and combining elements from their own bands, going for a traditional hard rock sound combined with the heavier aspects of Anthrax and Every Time I Die and the hook-laden choruses of Fall Out Boy.[12] Trohman has mentioned such bands as Thin Lizzy and Led Zeppelin as having influence on the record.[13] In an interview in December 2010, guitarist Joe Trohman confirmed that Josh Newton of Every Time I Die had joined the band as a full-time bassist.[14]
The band was confirmed to play the Download Festival 2011. In May it is confirmed that the band's second single will be, "Friday Night (Going Down In Flames)".[15] The band was also confirmed to play the Hellfest 2011.[16] They were scheduled to also play the Australian Soundwave Revolution festival in September–October 2011, but the festival was cancelled and in its place is the band played on the Australian Counter-Revolution mini-festival.
A previously unreleased song by the band, entitled "Trophy Widow", was released on the soundtrack of the video game Batman: Arkham City, on October 4, 2011, while the game was released two weeks later, on October 18.
| Year | Title | Peak Positions | Album |
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| U.S. Main. | |||
| 2010 | "We've Got a Situation Here" | 25 | Ironiclast |
| 2011 | "Friday Night (Going Down in Flames)" | — |