The Damien Pratt has had several members come and go from over the years. Some of the members, under legal advisement, have requested not to have their names mentioned. Those who we can mention are Matt Galvin, Jim Plouffe, Peter Riccio, Dave jr, Brett Tyson, Brian Sinclair, Bill Villano, Scott English, Brian Fostervoid and Nina57. Damien has been flying solo with a cheap sampler and a loop pedal, trying to to recreate a sense of camraderie with machines.
"I Don't Know" LIVE @ PHS - 1989
Black Flag, Husker Du, The Replacements, Cheap Trick, Holiday Rain, The Control Group, The Postal Service, Costello, Jerry Jeff Walker, Coltrane, Bach, The Nils, Uncle Tupelo, ABBA, Michael Bolton's first album ONLY, Swervedriver, Grant Hart, Perfect, Minutemen, Elliot Smith, Beach Boys, Montrose, Humble Pie, ELO, 38 Special, The Outfield, Arcade Fire, The Mountain Goats, GBV, Lys Guillorn, Farmertan, Queen, Bowie, Def Leppard, Badly Drawn Boy, John Croner, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith (first four albums only), Morningwood, Richard Thompson, Joni Mitchell, Ken Cormir, The Art Assemble of Chicago, Pixies/Breeders, Throwing Muses, joe Jackson, Hawkwind, The Soft Explosions, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the guy who sang "We Don't have to Take our CLoths Off", The WHO, Thin Lizzy, Humble Pie. Big Star, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, The Hold Steady, Brian Wilson, Moody Blues, Joe Meek, Radiohead...
Sounds Like
Drawing from so many influences, it is really hard to pin down. Damien sure likes pop music and has been known to cover Amy Grant and Hall and Oats songs!
The Damien Pratt began in 1994 when the Nevertheless broke up (1990-1995). Damien resided in Connecticut for most of those years and ran Connecticut's only indie rock bed and breakfast, hosting and sharing the bill with such acts as Low, Apples in Stereo, Archers of Loaf, Tuscadero, The Softies, Blond Redhead, and Velocity Girl to name a few. Damien moved down to NYC in 1998 where he played with various musicians which made up The Damien Pratt collectively. Damien formed The Squeaky Fromme in 2004 with Nina, Dave jr and Brother Jim and released an EP called PHOTOGRAPHY. Damien in these various incarnations played such venues as Brownies (rip), Mercury Lounge, Luna Lounge, Cake Shop, Sidewalk Cafe, CB's Gallery, Sin-e (rip), and Pianos to name a few.
REVIEWS:
"Damien goes it alone on stage and frequently evokes less weighty moments of Robin Zander and/or Marshall Crenshaw's oeuvres regardless. His good natured clowing while lamenting baby birds fallen from nests doesn't hurt"
- Chuck Eddy Village Voice
"...Great Big Star/Guided By Voices inspired songwriting, great musicianship (almost all by Pratt) and some wonderful instrumentation. Pratt's Voice complements his songs, it has a lot of range and can handle both slow intimate songs as well as revved up powerpop"
-Shredding Paper
"...Give Pratt a Casio keyboard and he produces a bouncy, soul singing number that could give Mdnite-Vultures-era Beck a run for his Hollywood money..."
-Fairfield Weekly
"...These tunes, most likely holdovers from Damien's solo run, help frame the band's delicate side and give a good idea of the breadth of their artistic and dynamic range. The wild diversity is reminiscent of The Replacements' Hootenanny, tough far less sloppy..."
-Cincinnati Citybeat
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Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
what up man!! how you been?? i haven't been on in awhile i figured that i would get at you a bit you dig hope all is well with the music situation you know i'm still doin my thing too keep in touch my dude i got some new music on the way be p on the look out for those tracks
