| Counter Revolution - THE DAMNED THINGS |
| Written by Sarah Mudgway |
| Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:35 |
 MELBOURNE REVIEW / SYDNEY PHOTOS: What do you get when you take some Every Time I Die, add it with some Anthrax and put in a dash of Fall Out Boy? THE DAMNED (and everything awesome) THINGS! Ever since this band's inception, I had been dying to witness this seemingly unlikely amalgamation of talent live, and let’s just say that I wasn’t let down. Performing an array of songs off of their debut album ‘Ironiclast’, including tracks such as ‘Handbook For The Recently Deceased’, ‘Bad Blood’ and the title-track ‘Ironiclast’, the stand-out for me was the insane talent of the three guitarists - JOE TROHMAN, ROB CAGGIANO, and SCOTT IAN.  The riffs and solos blasting from the speakers were the best of the day, and the collective years of experience of all the members provided a solid and extremely polished performance that was one of the standouts of the entire festival. Best moment: Vocalist KEITH BUCKLEY's amazing sense of humour - "Think of our CD as a back-up to your MP3's."  ♥ Coup De Main hereby awards The Damned Things with a Counter Revolution... "Best Supergroup" award. Check out more live The Damned Things photos below... or click HERE to view the full album.    |
