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Here's the one bit of video I shot that evening of @damage-band.bsky.social
Come out to Main Drag Music tonight to catch Damage, Giggle The Ozone, and Maxx Klaxon. At last count the night will involve at least seven different synthesizers. Come on out!
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Flier art promoting the September 18th Damage album release show at Main Drag Music in Brooklyn, NY. Text reads: UNSUNG ’80s SYNTH-PUNK PIONEERS / DAMAGE / MODERN WORLD LP RELEASE PARTY / WITH SPECIAL GUESTS / GIGGLE THE OZONE / MAXX KLAXON / DJ SET BY JOE LIVINGSTON (ATLANTA / SAN FRANCISCO) / SEPTEMBER 18TH · 7:30 PM · $15.00 / MAIN DRAG MUSIC / 50 S. 1ST ST · BROOKLYN NY 11249
Live performance photo of Damage; image depicts Damage's three members, one on drums and two playing Moog Liberation synthesizers. Photo by Jim Leatherman.
A group of aging punks who may or may not be the band known as Giggle The Ozone, playing pool while the world smolders outside the window.
Artist photo of premier synthesist Maxx Klaxon.
NYC ★ THURS. 9/18 at @maindragmusic.bsky.social! • Join us for the release party for the new LP 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. Get your tickets & spread the word!
We'll be joined by Giggle The Ozone (eclectic avant-pop/rock) & Maxx Klaxxon (stark 3D A/V synthpop experience).
maindragmusic.com/collections/...
See you next week!
Flier art for the Damage / Giggle The Ozone / Maxx Klaxon live music event taking place September 18th 2025. Flier reads: "UNSUNG SYNTH-PUNK PIONEERS / DAMAGE / MODERN WORLD LP RELEASE PARTY / WITH SPECIAL GUESTS / GIGGLE THE OZONE / MAXX KLAXON / DJ SET BY JOE LIVINGSTON (ATLANTA / SAN FRANCISCO) / SEPTEMBER 18TH · 7:30 PM · $15.00 / MAIN DRAG MUSIC / 50 S. 1ST ST. · BROOKLYN NY 11249"
ICYMI — our record release party for the new LP Modern World takes place 9/18 @ @maindragmusic.bsky.social. You are cordially invited to attend. We're honored to be joined by Giggle The Ozone & Maxx Klaxon. Gonna be a great night.
maindragmusic.com/collections/...
Flier art for the Damage / Giggle The Ozone / Maxx Klaxon live music event taking place September 18th 2025. Flier reads: "UNSUNG SYNTH-PUNK PIONEERS / DAMAGE / MODERN WORLD LP RELEASE PARTY / WITH SPECIAL GUESTS / GIGGLE THE OZONE / MAXX KLAXON / DJ SET BY JOE LIVINGSTON (ATLANTA / SAN FRANCISCO) / SEPTEMBER 18TH · 7:30 PM · $15.00 / MAIN DRAG MUSIC / 50 S. 1ST ST. · BROOKLYN NY 11249"
ICYMI — @damage-band.bsky.social, the synth punk band I recently joined, has a record release party @ @maindragmusic.bsky.social on 9/18. You are cordially invited to attend. We're honored to be joined by Giggle The Ozone & Maxx Klaxon. Gonna be a great night.
maindragmusic.com/collections/...
Flier art promoting the September 18th Damage album release show at Main Drag Music in Brooklyn, NY. Text reads: UNSUNG ’80s SYNTH-PUNK PIONEERS / DAMAGE / MODERN WORLD LP RELEASE PARTY / WITH SPECIAL GUESTS / GIGGLE THE OZONE / MAXX KLAXON / DJ SET BY JOE LIVINGSTON (ATLANTA / SAN FRANCISCO) / SEPTEMBER 18TH · 7:30 PM · $15.00 / MAIN DRAG MUSIC / 50 S. 1ST ST · BROOKLYN NY 11249
NYC ★ 9/18 @ @maindragmusic.bsky.social • LP release party for the synth-punk band I recently joined, @damage-band.bsky.social! With special guests Giggle The Ozone & Maxx Klaxon. Gonna be a good night of unusual & uncompromising synth action.
Get your tix here 🎟️🎟️:
maindragmusic.com/collections/...
Lots to unpack here.
🔊 work-in-progress called “Caution”
Here’s a little bit of what I got up to this last Saturday in Orlando with @damage-band.bsky.social
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#synthpunk · #synthpunkrock · #synthrock · #MoogLiberation
”It Just Won't Pass” from Saturday's @damage-band.bsky.social gig in Orlando. Thanks to Sandra Dee Carr for the video. 🙏
Come see @damage-band.bsky.social this Saturday at Will's Pub in Orlando Florida for tea and pastries ☕🥐
Photo of my Moog Liberation synthesizer in a flight case, with improvised arrangement of internal padding that includes velcro panels and partitions as well as my own clothing, socks, and underwear 💪
Q: how do you secure a heavy fragile irregularly-shaped 2-component synth in a roomy flight case meant for non-abnormal keyboards?
A: with ~5 late-night sessions of rearranging velcro pads & partitions; + enlisting the help of strategically placed socks & underwear. 🧦💪
See you soon Orlando! 🎹✈️
𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, the 1986 debut LP by Damage (@damage-band.bsky.social), unavailable for decades, now available on Bandcamp.
“Fusing the raw energy of hardcore punk with the unrelenting pulse of analog synthesizers and live drums, Damage carved out a distinct sound that defied genre conventions.”
Press photo of the band Damage. Photo depicts three people, the two in the foreground holding analog synthesizers.
Excited to say I've joined the band Damage (@damage-band.bsky.social ), a live-synths live-drums hardcore punk act formed in the early ’80s.
They’ve reformed, enlisted me, are releasing a new LP, & we're gearing up for live gigs. 1st one's May 10 @ Will's Pub in Orlando. More to come.
📷: Matt Carr
Man I'd forgotten how much I loved writing rock music.
hell yeah
in seriousness, don't want to say too much yet. Early days. Synths are involved. Guess I'd better learn how to play one.
An interviewer, to David Lynch: "elaborate on that." David Lynch: "No."
* disclaimer: “good” used here as a relative term
Good* day. Mailed out merch orders. Got a haircut. Joined a band. Wild.
Living through this shit, I almost wish I was born during the Dark Ages instead
