Damien Done is an American

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/ gothic rock band from

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, Michigan. Formed in Gainesville, Florida in 2002 as a semi-eponymously-named solo project by frontman

Damien Moyal Damien Zev Moyal (born September 25, 1976) is an American vocalist, lyricist, musician, songwriter and designer. Originally from Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, he moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Miami, Florida wher ...

, the group has since been expanded to include other band members and co-songwriters. The current lineup features Moyal (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming), Laura Jane Leonard (bass guitar) and Tyler Kane (guitar, bass guitar). Damien Done originally formed under the name Rubbers and recorded its debut EP, ''

Love Thongs ''Stay Black'' is the debut extended play by American gothic rock and roll / post-punk band Damien Done. Originally titled ''Love Thongs'', it was recorded in September 2003 and scheduled for release in April 2004, through Belgian record label ...

'', in 2003. Scheduled for release through Belgian record label

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, the EP was ultimately shelved for thirteen years until it was picked up by German record label Demons Run Amok Entertainment, and released under the title ''

Stay Black ''Stay Black'' is the debut extended play by American gothic rock and roll / post-punk band Damien Done. Originally titled ''Love Thongs'', it was recorded in September 2003 and scheduled for release in April 2004, through Belgian record label ...

'' in 2016. After a series of singles, the band follow-up with its first full-length album, ''

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'', released by American record label Mind Over Matter Records in 2018. Damien Done underwent several line-up changes and in 2020 released two EPs: ''Baby, Don't Hearse Me'' and ''To Night'', both also on Mind Over Matter Records. The band has since been working on its second full-length album.

Background

had previously fronted such

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and

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bands as

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As Friends Rust As Friends Rust is an American melodic hardcore band based in Gainesville, Florida. The original line-up, which included vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez and drummer Matthew Crum, formed in Davie, ...

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and

Bird of Ill Omen Damien Zev Moyal (born September 25, 1976) is an American vocalist, lyricist, musician, songwriter and designer. Originally from Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, he moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Miami, Florida wher ...

during the 1990s and early 2000s. After leaving Gainesville, Florida-based As Friends Rust in February 2002, Moyal began working on solo material under the moniker Rubbers. "Dude Becomes Sea" was the first song Moyal wrote for the new project. Handling vocals and acoustic guitar, Moyal recruited drummer and keyboardist

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, formerly of As Friends Rust and

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; electric guitarist Juan Montoya, formerly of Floor and

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and later of Torche; and electric guitarist and bass guitarist James Paul Wisner to record the six-song debut EP ''

'' in September 2003. Wisner also engineered and produced the session. A handful of band-made copies of ''Love Thongs'' were circulated by Moyal in late 2003. Rubbers was renamed Damien Done, and the band was immediately signed to Belgian record label

, which had previously released material from As Friends Rust, Morning Again, Culture and Shai Hulud. Good Life Recordings owner Edward Verhaeghe invited Moyal to Belgium in November 2003 to film a music video for the lead single "The New Cleavage", directed by

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vocalist

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. ''Love Thongs'' was scheduled for release through Good Life Recordings as a CD and DVD combo package in April 2004, but the release remained stuck in limbo for over a decade. Some of the songs from the session appeared on Good Life Recordings' Various Artists compilation ''Good Life Recordings Presents: Never Surrender - The Best New Underground Music 2004-2005'' (2004), the ''Vice'' magazine travel documentary ''

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'' (2006) and the Belgian soft porn films ''J'fais du porno et j'aime ça'' and ''Skin. Like. Sun.'' (both 2009). While awaiting the release of ''Love Thongs'', Moyal recruited several new musicians, including former I Hate Myself drummer Jon Marberger; former Shai Hulud, Cavity,

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and

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drummer (and then-member of

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and Until the End) Jason Lederman; former Where Fear and Weapons Meet,

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and

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bass guitarist Daniel Bonebrake; and former

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guitarist (and future Poison the Well touring guitarist)

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. With Arro, Damien Done recorded a cover of Integrity's song "Eighteen", which was released on Escapist Records' Various Artists compilation ''Harder They Fall: Tribute to Integrity'' in February 2007. In 2006, Moyal relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Damien Done at Whisky's Unrockbar 2018 1

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''Love Thongs'' was eventually renamed ''

'', and the EP was put up for free download through the band's Bandcamp page in 2011. ''Stay Black'' was finally released on 12" vinyl by German record label Demons Run Amok Entertainment in July 2016. Like Good Life Recordings, Demons Run Amok Entertainment had released material by Moyal's other bands, including Culture, As Friends Rust, Morning Again and On Bodies. Demons Run Amok Entertainment simultaneously released a 7" vinyl of two newly-recorded Damien Done songs: "He Really Tried" and "And Now the Rain" The new songs featured drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick, formerly of

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and then playing in As Friends Rust; bass guitarist Michael Hasty, formerly of Walls of Jericho; and electric guitarist Juan Montoya. Hasty also engineered and produced the session. In December 2016, Moyal rebuilt the band with former

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drummer Benjamin Moore, former Earthmover guitarist Andrew Dempz, and bass guitarist Laura Jane Leonard; Damien Done played its first show with the new line-up on December 21, 2016 at Detroit's UFO Factory. In 2017, the band was signed to California-based record label Mind Over Matter Records, releasing in September of that same year a 7" vinyl single of two new songs: "Curious Thing" and a cover of

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's "Primitive". Damien Done in 2019

Damien Done followed-up with ''

'', the band's first full-length album, released on 12" vinyl by Mind Over Matter Records in March 2018. In addition to the previously-released single "Curious Thing", the album also included the singles "Roof Access" and "The Lord Fox". The album was released on 12" vinyl in Europe by Belgian record label Hypertension Records, and promoted through a nine-date European tour in August 2018. The band kicked-off their European tour by playing at

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in Ypres, Belgium, followed by shows in Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria and England. The band spent the last few months of 2018 playing shows around Michigan in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ypsilanti and Hamtramack, opening for

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and Street Sects and performing at the No Rest Festival. In March 2019, Damien Done released a split 7" vinyl with British post-punk band

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through Speedowax Records. In 2019, guitarist Andrew Dempz was replaced by Tyler Kane. On Valentine's Day 2020, Damien Done released the digital EP ''Baby, Don't Hearse Me''; an 11" screen-printed vinyl version was released by Mind Over Matter Records a month later. The band quickly followed up with the ''To Night'' EP, released digitally in May 2020; a tape edition was released by Contraband Goods in October 2020, while Mind Over Matter Records and Speedowax Records co-released a double 7" vinyl version a year later in October 2021. In November 2020, Damien Done released the three-song EP ''Demos from the Year 2020'', which includes working versions of the band's forthcoming full-length album. In February 2021, Damien Done released the single " Nightclubbing", a cover of the 1977

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and

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song.

Members

Current lineup *

– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizers, drum programming (2002–present) * Laura Jane Leonard – bass guitar (2016–present) * Tyler Kane – electric guitar, bass guitar (2019–present) Former members *

– drums, percussion, synthesizers (2003) * James Paul Wisner – bass guitar, electric guitar (2003, 2017) * Juan Montoya – electric guitar (2003, 2016) * Jon Marberger – drums (2004) * Jason Lederman – drums (2004–2005) * Daniel Bonebrake – bass guitar (2004–2005) *

– electric guitar (2006) * Timothy Kirkpatrick – drums (2016) * Michael Hasty – bass guitar (2016) * Andrew Dempz – electric guitar (2016–2019) * Benjamin Moore – drums (2016–2021) * David Williams – synthesizers (2020–2022)

Discography

;Studio albums and EPs * ''

'' (2003) * ''

'' (2016) * ''

'' (2018) * ''Baby, Don't Hearse Me'' (2020) * ''To Night'' (2020)

References

External links

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