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. The band's name is inspired by the lyrics in

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History

In 2008, Joe Trohman and Scott Ian met and began writing music together. They invited Keith Buckley, Rob Caggiano and Andy Hurley soon after. The band played its first show at the Knitting Factory in

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, New York, on June 1, 2010, and their first UK show in London at Heaven on June 10. They also played on the second stage at the

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on June 13, 2010, and on the Helvíti stage at the Copenhell Festival on June 12, 2010. The first single, "We've Got a Situation Here", was released on

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on October 25, 2010. The 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. On October 21, 2010, the band released the song "Friday Night (Going Down In Flames)" via their Facebook and Myspace, as well as their first album's artwork. The Damned Things-Live-Metaltown 2011 (cropped)

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On November 29, 2010, the band released the song "Little Darling" for free streaming through AbsolutePunk.net. The band's first album, ''

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'' was released on December 14, 2010, through

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. Trohman has mentioned that for the album, the band was aiming for a

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sound, and combining elements from their own bands, going for a traditional

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sound combined with the heavier aspects of

and

and the hook-laden choruses of

. Trohman has mentioned such bands as

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as having influences on the record. In an interview in December 2010, Trohman confirmed that

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) had joined the band as a full-time bass guitarist. In 2011, the band played the

and Hellfest 2011, and released a second single, "Friday Night (Going Down In Flames)". They were scheduled to also play the Australian Soundwave Revolution festival in September–October 2011, but the festival was cancelled and in its place the band played on the Australian

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mini-festival. A previously unreleased song by the band, "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. In August 2018, during his co-host duties on the Wall of Sound: Up Against The Wall podcast, Scott Ian confirmed new music was on the way after stating ''"we're all friends and we're all in contact with each other on a regular basis, and I can say that there is, possibly, a record, but that's all I'm gonna say about it"'' The band announced they would be playing the Welcome To Rockville festival in May 2019. On February 20, 2019, the band posted a new lineup photo on their social media pages, which included

in place of

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and

who have departed the band. On February 21, the band released the first single from their forthcoming album ''High Crimes'' called "Cells". The music video features hilarious antics similar to their earlier music videos. The band released their second album ''High Crimes'' on April 26, 2019, through

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. ''

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'' named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.

Band members

Current

– lead vocals (2009–2012, 2016–present) *

– lead guitar, backing vocals (2009–2012, 2016–present) rhythm guitar (2010–2012) *

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2009–2012, 2016–present) *

– drums (2009–2012, 2016–present) *

– bass, backing vocals (2019–present)

Former

– lead guitar (2010–2012), backing vocals (2009–2012), bass (2009–2010) *

– bass (2010–2012, 2016-2019)

Members

Discography

;Studio albums ;Singles ;Music videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Damned Things Musical groups established in 2009 Musical quintets Heavy metal musical groups from New York (state) Heavy metal supergroups Musical groups disestablished in 2012 Musical groups reestablished in 2016 Hard rock musical groups from New York (state)