The Damned Things: Ironclast – new album / We’ve Got A Situation Here – new video

 

American heavy metal soupergroup THE DAMNED THINGS, consisting of ANTHRAX members Scot Ian and Rob Caggiano, Keith Bucklet of EVERY TIME I DIE and Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of FALL OUT BOY, has released its first video, ‘We’ve Got A Situation Here’, for the track that comes off group's forthcoming debut album ‘Ironclast’. ‘Ironclast’, self-produced by Caggiano and Trohman, will be released through Island Records/Def Jam Records on December 13th, 2010 (13. 12. 2010) - a day later in North America. The video was directed by Brendan Small, the co-creator of animated series “Metalocalypse”.

Joe Trohman, guitarist for FALL OUT BOY and a life-long ANTHRAX fan, met legendary ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian for dinner and “was surprised by Scott's lack of hatred for his band [FALL OUT BOY]”. The pair, inspired by the encounter, agreed to start working on a new project which they originally dubbed “Methuselah”: “You know, like, Methuselah — the oldest man in the Bible! Leave it to two Jews to come up with the most Jewish band name of all time!” Ian reportedly told Rolling Stone Magazine. According to the same source, Ian managed to rope in fellow ANTHRAX guitarist Caggiano while Trohman snagged FOB's Hurley, and when they realized they needed a vocalist, Trohman was able to convince Buckley by text-messaging him. When THE DAMNED THINGS finally announced their new project, fans of both FALL OUT BOY and ANTHRAX were a bit skeptical but: "If ANTHRAX would’ve listened to anybody we never would have gotten past our first record," braved on Scott Ian. "I learned a million years ago that you can’t listen to what anyone else says about your music.” The two agree that the song ‘We’ve Got a Situation Here’ is probably the best example of band's hybrid approach to music: “Musically, it’s a good representation of the band,” says Trohman. “It has the sludgy riffs, but there’s a catchy chorus, a tempo change breakdown, and some leads/solos. There’s a real bluesy feel to the verses. [It’s] everything the group stands for.” If you click here you’ll get to Absolute Punk where you can listen to the song ‘Little Darling’, also from ‘Ironclast’ album.