So I’ve been used to be playing small venues and clubs. You know I often get asked this question of what it’s was like to go from Fall Out Boy to small clubs, well you know Fall Out Boy started out in small clubs. Yes it was the type of venue we were playing. So what was it like playing the smaller venues and no doubt playing to smaller crowds than what you would have been used to, in saying that I am assuming both of those things! It went great, it was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed ourselves and I think the other bands did as well. That’s been really fun, I liked being on tour with Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster and Fair To Midland. I think it’s really cool to get a chance to go on tour with some bands that you dig on. You guys just did a headline tour in the USA. I honestly really don’t know what people know about us, or if they even do. I really don’t know who is going to know us, it’s kind of still like a festival environment so people will come to see the bands anyway. I am a disconnected son of a bitch! You know I have my Twitter account and a lot of kids hit me up on Twitter and it seems like there’s a lot of excitement about us coming. Have you had much of a gauge of the level of interest in The Damned Things out here? Don’t come to the show and cross your arms! I’m expecting people to be really into it, that’s all I ask. Australia really seems to appreciate when a band from another country stops by for some shows. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a huge crowd, but just energetic crowds that are really into it. You have obviously been out here with Fall Out Boy previously, but what of your expectations of your shows with The Damned Things?Īs far as I know from Fall Out Boy and what I have discussed with any other band that has been to Australia, is that it’s always a pretty amazing crowd. It’s kind of how we are going to end the year for the band. We were trying to maybe put together a tour with Every Time I Die and then Counter Revolution came up and we were really, really thrilled.
We were super bummed to hear about what was happening and we were trying at least to see if we could get a tour going. Hey Joe, thanks for taking the time to chat today! So after a bit of uncertainty there for a few weeks, you guys are heading to Australia which you must be pretty excited about? We chatted with The Damned Things guitarist Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy fame about their upcoming Aussie tour, the key to the band gelling together so seamlessly, as well as the musical opportunities the band has allowed him. Not just simply a studio or one off project, Australia will get to witness The Damned Things when they take the stage at Counter Revolution later this month. Releasing their album Ironiclast late in 2010, the album saw the band fuse their love of classic rock with heavy riffs and the type of intensity you would expect from the level of performers involved. Featuring Anthrax members Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano, Fall Out Boy members Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley and rounded out with vocalist Keith Buckley from Every Time I Die, that’s what who make up The Damned Things. In music, the term “supergroup” can be used quite loosely, but when you are talking about a band that features members of Fall Out Boy, Anthrax and Every Time I Die, I think as far as The Damned Things go, the term super group is well justified. “I know there’s a lot of people bummed out about my former band (Fall Out Boy) not doing anything right now, but hopefully they are happy that everybody is going out and getting all the shit out of their heads so to speak and feeling better and making cool stuff.”
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