Uploaded February 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
BareBonesMusic.com sat down recently with Joe Trohman and Rob Caggiano from the band THE DAMNED THINGS. We caught up with them on their current leg of the Jägermeister Music Tour with Buckcherry, All That Remains and Hellyeah in support of their first release Ironiclast. Evil G. spoke with the guys about when starting the band what the initial reaction was from industry insiders and how hard was it for them to be taken seriously. How the band because a three guitar band with addition of Rob and making it work and how Rob and Joe's working relationship took the band from side project to full blown band. How the band worked on achieving a sound that didn't lean toward an Anthrax, Fall Out Boy or Every Time I Die sound and created their own style and the complexities involved in their songs. How Keith developed as a singer on this record and not just a well known screamer. Reactions from fans of The Damned Things and not just from their other band's fans and playing their first show. Finally Joe sums up the sound of the band as having, "a lot of fuck" in their music and a very interesting take on the type of people who might not "get" their band. Rob adds, "I think anyone that's in to good rock 'n' roll is going to dig this band."
BareBonesMusic.com sat down recently with Joe Trohman and Rob Caggiano from the band THE DAMNED THINGS. We caught up with them on their current leg of the Jägermeister Music Tour with Buckcherry, All That Remains and Hellyeah in support of their first release Ironiclast. Evil G. spoke with the guys about when starting the band what the initial reaction was from industry insiders and how hard was it for them to be taken seriously. How the band because a three guitar band with addition of Rob and making it work and how Rob and Joe's working relationship took the band from side project to full blown band. How the band worked on achieving a sound that didn't lean toward an Anthrax, Fall Out Boy or Every Time I Die sound and created their own style and the complexities involved in their songs. How Keith developed as a singer on this record and not just a well known screamer. Reactions from fans of The Damned Things and not just from their other band's fans and playing their first show. Finally Joe sums up the sound of the band as having, "a lot of fuck" in their music and a very interesting take on the type of people who might not "get" their band. Rob adds, "I think anyone that's in to good rock 'n' roll is going to dig this band."
