TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011, 6:30PM
Ink Magazine’s Music Tour comes to Revolution headlined by The Damned Things. With members from Anthrax (Scott Ian, Rob Caggiano), Every Time I Die (Keith Buckley) and Fall Out Boy (Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley), The Damned Things are undoubtedly a musical force to be reckoned with. While each individual in the band has experienced their own successes, The Damned Things’ debut Island/Def Jam album, which combines their love of classic rock anthems and powerful melodies with heavy metal intensity, turns out to be much more than the sum of the separate parts. Once you hear songs like “We’ve Got a Situation Here” (“I’ve been waiting patiently/For the crowd to gather… I don’t ask for much/But I want what I can’t afford”), “Black Heart,” a laid-back break beat rhythm with a prog-rock tinged bridge, and “A Great Reckoning,” a song Ian says “reminds me everyday why I got into Rock music in the first place.”, it’s hard to believe The Damned Things haven’t been playing together most of their lives. While they’ve all experienced a degree of success, every member of The Damned Things acts like there’s something still to prove, and part of the exhilaration of it is starting over, going back to the reasons they first started playing music. And now, The Damned Things are taking their show on the road. “It’s all about playing these new songs for people,” says Trohman. “It doesn’t matter that we were in Fall Out Boy, Anthrax or Every Time I Die. To most of the audience, this will be a new band. They might think they know what to expect, but when they hear it, they’ll be surprised.”
WHEN: TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011, 6:30PM
WHERE: INSIDE AT REVOLUTION LIVE
100 SW THIRD AVE.
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
(954)727-0950, (954) 449-1025 (box office)