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THE DAMNED THINGS HAVE A DAMNED GOOD “SITUATION”

 Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 at 2:30pm by

The Damned ThingsOMFGz!!!! Members of Anthrax and Every Time I Die are sullying their cred by palling around with dudes from Fall Out Boy!!! What ever will we do?!?!

Listen to the new track “We’ve Got a Situation Here,” of course, which is not nearly the catastrophe all the readers who sent us outraged emails when The Damned Things supergroup was announced seemed to think it would be. Seeing as the band’s two guitarist are Anthrax’s two guitarists, it sounds plenty metal. Seeing as Keith Buckley is the singer, it’s got plenty of rock n’ roll swagger. And seeing as dudes from Fall Out Boy are in the band, yeah, it’s catchy. Shocking, I know, that a band actually equals the sum of its parts. But this is not a bad thing. If this song appeared on a new Anthrax album and had John Bush’s vocals (not Belladonna’s… yuck) I’d probably love it. And so would you. What’s not to like? It’s a good song.

There goes my cred… oh well! I never had any cred anyway; I’ve been raving about “shitty” bands you all hate since we started this site back in December of 2006, only back then no one seemed to care.

Stream “We’ve Got a Situation Here” at Metal Insider, then come back here and tell us what you think.

-VN

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dre-Toledo/628955415 Dre Toledo

    you posted about this band months ago, i’ve heard the songs many times since, I dislike fall out boy, but this is not as bad as it could be, at least this 2 songs, i’ll listen to the album when it’s out.

    • DK0

      http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/06/01/the-damned-things-hey-maybe-keith-buckley-could-be-the-new-singer-for-anthrax/

      seriously, how hard is it to check your own website? here i’ll tell you how to do it:

      go to google.com
      type: “The damned things at metalsucks.com”
      boom first thing that came up was this post, 2nd thing was your previous post containing the exact same song

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dre-Toledo/628955415 Dre Toledo

        exact, I was thinking maybe it was a new song or maybe a mastered version of the song, but I think it’s even the rough version.

      • Aaron

        THIS IS THE MASTERED VERSION OF THE SONG.

        Christ you people are such fucking morons on this site.

  • Honeynutzz

    This sucks.

    Idc whos in the band it just sucks.

  • ITTOA666

    Interesting…….

  • Kye

    I can’t say much for Joe Trohamn (he’s a decent guitar player, but I don’t know of any other musical projects he’s been in, so I can’t really point to those), but Andy Hurley proved, long before Fall Out Boy, that he was a beast of a drummer. Pretty much everything else he’s done is absolutely crushing.

    I don’t know why everyone was so up in arms about this group, it sounds like a pretty damn solid bunch to me.

    • Kye

      And, after listening to this, I’m thoroughly convinced this is He is Legend.

      Which is 100% Ok with me.

      • Sickboy666

        Hahaha, yeah, I can see the connection. And He Is Legend was so motherfuckin’ good it isnt’ even funny…

        • Kye

          Seriously. I haven’t listened to any of the new projects started by the members, but I’m pretty sure I’ll just be disappointed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mikey-Ck-Vanderjunk/502827008 Mikey Ck Vanderjunk

    LOL nice fucking v-neck keith, you fucking queen

  • shotkocker

    yeah, theyve had the download link for two songs up on youtube for months now

  • hot

    this is worse than anthrax and every time i die. why do these bands have a collective desire to suck harder than they already do

  • PatrickSTL

    This is about the STUDIO VERSION of “Situation” guys. Shit. Pay attention.

  • LoomeyTunes

    Its sounds like Every Time I Die, guess there goes my cred as well !!

  • Major Zim

    hmm. dammit. this IS catchy. and despite all the shitty music they’ve put out, everyone in FOB (except for patrick stump i HOPE) used to be in different hardcore bands. then they got tired of being poor. Hopefully this band will be a good influence on those ex FOB guys. plus if you combined the two’s facial hair you’d get white jesus. :D

    • Aaron

      Actually Stump is a fucking beast on the drums he just got drafted into singing because his voice is really good and distinct when he joined Fall Out Boy and they heard him singing.

      He’s working on some solo material right now and it actually sounds really fucking solid. I was always a fan of his voice but his instrumental skills are all new to me and he’s playing everything on his new project and it sounds pretty damn tight.

  • RayRay

    This is Everytime I Die mixed with Fall out Boy. Not terrible, but not great. I smell a torrent download in the future…

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Osborn/100001135401725 Tyler Osborn

      haha same here. its good solid rock and thats about it, but even good solid rock is hard to find these days

  • heemeyer

    andy hurley is an incredibly talented drummer, unfortunately he’s dumbed down his drumming on every fall out boy release since take this to your grave

    • Aaron

      He still has bursts of inspiration spread out through their whole catalogue though. A lot of his impressive drumming might not always be that easy for the untrained ear to pick up since he’s slowed down a lot on their later stuff but his fills have always been really fucking solid and he can still throw in some great beats where you don’t expect them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ann-Allen/1565948936 Ann Allen

    Never mind what the band sounds like, how did they manage to get Scott Ian to agree to being positioned so far back in that photo?

    • Eddie Von Fuckenstein

      Think about it. You’re Scott Ian. You were asked at a party to be a part of a collaboration between members of other bands to form some sort of ‘supergroup’ and release an album. You go into the studio, record your parts, and leave awaiting mastering and a copy. Realizing upon hearing the subsequent CD that you actually said ‘yes’ to this, you do whatever you can to distance yourself from the mess you’ve helped create.

      OK, granted, Old Scotty Boy lost any semblance of credibility a long time ago, but still. Wow.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ann-Allen/1565948936 Ann Allen

        That’s a perspective I hadn’t considered, Eddie. Good call.

        Looking closer, I notice he’s also pulling an unusual face, similar to a smile you might pull a moment before you get punched in the face by Andre the Giant, for sneaking up behind him and giving him a wedgie.

  • Todd

    Average song.

  • Rufus

    Main riff could have been lifted off the Load/ Re-Load era. Chorus sounds like something off the Garage Inc covers mess. (not the Garage Days Re-revisited stuff) Its good. Not great.

    • Aaron

      Boy it sure is cute when kids can only compare riffs to their nearest sounding Metallica era.

  • @BrocNessMonster

    You guys are fuckin clowns. This shit sounds rad. Ans yes, He Is Legend was so fuckin good. Broke my heart when they broke up.