Damien Moyal

Damien Moyal
Damien circa 2001
Background information
Birth name	Damien Moyal
Also known as	Damien Decline Damien Done Sev Burner
Born	September 25, 1976 (1976-09-25) (age 35)
Origin	Florida, United States
Genres	Hardcore punk, metalcore, punk rock, indie rock
Occupations	Musician, Songwriter, composer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1992—present
Associated acts	As Friends Rust Best Wishes Bird of Ill Omen Bridgeburne R Culture Damien Done Fork in the Road Handoverfist Goodnight at the End of the Tunnel Insist Morning Again Reach Shai Hulud Some Sort of Radio US Decline

Damien Moyal (b. September 25, 1976) is a musician, designer and artist originally from Florida, now relocated to Michigan, mostly known within the hardcore genre, for his distinctive vocals in the influential bands Culture, Morning Again, and As Friends Rust. He has contributed to over 15 bands, though only a few have officially been released. Since 2002 he has parted ways with the hardcore genre, and has moved on to a solo project, Damien Done.

Musical history

Moyal's first band was US Decline. During his time in the band they never recorded but did play shows. He soon after moved on to short stints in Insist (in mid to late 1992, which included a demo tape), Reach and Handoverfist (both in 1993). In 1994 he joined Culture, who had previously recorded a demo tape and were looking for a vocalist. The band landed a release contract with Conquer the World Records and immediately started to record material for what would become the ground breaking success Born of You. Not long after the release of the LP, conflicts between Moyal and John Wylie led to his leaving of the band. He then went on to front in the very first line-up of Shai Hulud, recording their original demo, landing the record deal with Revelation Records. However, before the band got to record any further material, he was asked to leave the band, as he could not get along with the rest of the members.

By late 1995, Wylie had also left Culture and was forming his new band, Morning Again (also with other ex-Culture members). Moyal was asked to join in hopes of reconciliation. This was the inspiration for the song "Turning Over" from their debut The Cleanest War. The band grew to become the first American band on Good Life Recordings, and become a huge attraction in Europe. During this time, he also joined up with Crestfallen's reincarnation as Bird of Ill Omen. Some of the members for The Bird were also involved in the jam "Fork in the Road", which Damien also participated in. After this he went with Wayside, who quickly changed its name to As Friends Rust (named after lyrics from a Bird of Ill Omen song).

Now being out of Morning Again as well, he returned to Culture, where he would remain until their breakup. Using his connections with Good Life, he focused the attention to Culture and gained popularity in Europe during the next two years. Upon the breakup of Culture, a short lived band by the name of Some Sort of Radio lasted four rehearsals. Rumors were that "they were too good to be true". Steve Looker from Morning Again wanted desperately to get As Friends Rust back together, and so a new line up was formed. This became Moyals sole band during the next two years until they went under a second hiatus.

Bridgeburne R was then formed, as a 1980s punk band until AFR got back together. With a new line-up of AFR musicians, the band lasted two more years but Damien quit right before their final release on Equal Vision Records. Damien immediately started witting solo under his pseudonym Damien Done. In 2003 he was featured on the song "Painkiller" which was a never officially released song by Pandabite. He was also featured on albums by Loyal Frisby and Grey Goose, but no band was talked of until he rehearsed with Kaleb Stewart under the moniker Goodnight at the End of the Tunnel in 2005. His last band effort was with Best Wishes in 2006 before he moved to Michigan.

In 2008, As Friends Rust reunited for one week of shows (one in Florida, and 6 in Europe) to much fanfare.

In 2011, Moyal announced that new As Friends Rust songs were being written, and also formed a new hardcore project with former Culture founder Rich Thurston called On Bodies.

Art history

Damien Moyal is also a graphic artist, having done artwork for many of his past bands. Some of his released work include the artwork for The Fists of Time, Heteronome and Love Thongs, as well as logos for a multitude of bands he was in including Bird of Ill Omen's early logos and shirt designs, with a multitude of Culture shirt designs and unreleased artwork. Many of the unreleased material was to be included in a book to be pressed on Good Life Recordings in the late 1990s, but by 2000 had fallen through, as Moyal was displeased with the chosen content (short stories, drawings and lyrics).

See also

• Damien Moyal Discography
• Damien Moyal Albums

External links

• Damien Moyal: Vocal Whore on Myspace
• Damien Moyal on Myspace
• Damien Done on Myspace
• Old Man Underground on Myspace
• Interview on HardcoreMusic
  • See individual band pages for more links.

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