Artist description DAMAGE CONTROL has been defunct for years, but if every other old metal act can rise phoenixlike from their ashes onto the Internet, why can't we?

Music Style Bluesy metallic hard rock... Post-Classic Dynamic Alloy

Musical Influences Deep Purple, Natalie Merchant, Sound Garden

Similar Artists Deep Purple, Natalie Merchant, Sound Garden

Artist History So what's this 'The Original DAMAGE CONTROL' crap?! Well, in the four years since DC was active in Raleigh, North Carolina a hip hop group in the Bronx has assumed the moniker. The fine folks at MP3.com insisted we choose another name, but how would the old fans find us? Thus, the qualifier. Some of us have been cursed more than once to be ahead of our time musically. That's why DAMAGE CONTROL's been resurrected here on MP3.com. We've all eight of us who were in the band at one time or another gone on to other projects. Check out Leaning Owen and Dichotomy to hear our newer tunes.

Group Members Stephanie Dudley sings. Kamil Sahinalp plays guitar. Ken Denny plays keys. Thomas "Ski" Szypulski plays bass. Tom Martin, Alan Eek and Rich Cea play drums.

Instruments vox, guitar, keys, bass, drums

Albums Mercury Reasons Why, Drowning in the Desert, Damage Control, From the Obvious to the Obscene

Press Reviews "Open to a mellow blues riff, toss in a Natalie Merchant -like chanteuse add a smattering of the band's self-proclaimed Deep Purple influences and you have DAMAGE CONTROL... Despite the similarities between the more international bands listed above, DC has a distinct style which is probably the result of its members having arrived from different training and stylistic backgrounds. The end result is like a metal band with a woman in control; softer, but only slightly, and no bad hair! Though I'd hate to categorize a band like this, I think what you have here is the 70s revisited but with a more modern twist; each song has an individual appeal - there are different feels all over... the hardest of the guitar riffs combined with Dudley's voice provides a perfect contrast... a somber lullaby featuring a wholly different feel ... and it again is a new set of emotions; the pace is upbeat and optimistic. The lyrics for all of the songs are thoughtful and consider such topics as the coming of age, self-contemplation and relationships. As for technical ability, this band is incredible! No three-chords dronings here! DC really can do a great deal of different sounds and each of them they do well... Besides the obvious airplay they get back at home they've even had sound-waves across Canada from BC to Newfoundland, and let's not forget Istanbul, Cambridge, Guam and the Philippines. Why is this band still Indie?" -Reviewed by Stephen Scarlatto, Innis Herald, University of Toronto "Un'altra band che merita tutta la vostra attenzione e quella degli americani Damage Control che con "Mercury Reasons Why" ci propogono ben otto brani che denotano una notevole originalita compositiva. Capitanati dall'espressiva vocalist Stephanie Dudley paragonabile ad un incrocio tra Kate Bush e Julianne Regan degli All About Eve, i Damage Control sconcertano l'ascoltatore per la naturalezza che hanno nel passare dall'hard rock al progressive ed al blues. Purtroppo la produzione di questo "Mercury Reasons Why" non e delle migliori, ma vi assicuro che brani come la coinvolgente "Heal Me", la delicata ballad "Little Girl Lost" in cui la vocalist supera se stessa, ed il blues elettrico "High Velocity" colgono direttamente nel segno." -from Metal Shock, Italy vol 13, number 247

Location Raleigh, NC - USA

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