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Damnation of Adam Blessing
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Member Since6/16/2006
Band Websitehometown.aol.com/jq12246/myhomepage/tunes.html
Band Members
Left to Right:
Ray Benich - Bass Guitar
Adam Blessing - Lead Vocals
Kenny Constable - Lead & Add. Vocals
Jimmy Quinn - Rhythm Guitar - Add. Vocals
Bobby Kalamasz - Lead Guitar - Add. Vocals
Billy Schwark - Drums - Percussion
InfluencesBeatles - Yardbirds - Cream - Buffalo Springfield - Stones - Blues Magoos
Record LabelUnited Artist


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- DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING - Damnation's focus was obviously on contemporary hard rock, but the arrangements were far more advanced. While most heavy rock acts featured screaming or shouting vocalists, Damnation tested the waters with low-range, gospel-like harmonies and Adam Blessing's grinding yet melodic leads. Songs would quickly shift from simple rock arrangements into idiosyncratic middle-eights - sometimes over a pounding rhythm by drummer Bill Schwark and bassist Ray Benich, sometimes enhancing a ballad.
And when it came to hooks, Damnation could lure in the listener almost every time. And yet, outside of their four albums and a brief appearance in a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibit on Cleveland bands, little evidence remains. As literally hundreds of inferior contemporaries have seen their albums reissued on CD, not a single note of Damnation music has entered the digital realm until now. (Excerpt written by Mr. Doug Sheppard courtesy of Ugly Things Magazine Issue ..17) For the full 18-page history on the Damnation of Adam Blessing order you copy online at Ugly-Things Magazine

The Band:
Adam Blessing - Lead Vocals
Ray Benich - Bass Guitar
Kenny Constable - Lead & Supporting Vocals
Jimmy Quinn - Rhythm Guitar - Supporting Vocals
Bobby Kalamasz - Lead Guitar - Supporting Vocals
Billy Schwark - Drums - Percussion



Damnation were the same Cleveland band previously known as the Damnation of Adam Blessing, who issued two albums on United Artists in 1969-70. Why the name was shortened remains a mystery, and has fouled up the consistency/accuracy of both Damnation and the Damnation of Adam Blessing discographies ever since. Basically, however, the group's third album (Which Is the Justice, Which Is the Thief?) was credited to Damnation, not the Damnation of Adam Blessing, though it makes sense to consider both the Damnation of Adam Blessing and Damnation the same act.To backtrack, then, the Damnation of Adam Blessing formed in Cleveland in the late 1960s, including veterans of the garage bands the Alarm Clocks (who did a single with future Damnation drummer Bill Schwark), and the Society (with future Damnation singer Adam Blessing, aka Billy Constable).
By 1968 the Damnation of Adam Blessing were formed, taking the name from a list of books in the back of a Ray Bradbury novel; Billy Constable himself took the name of Adam Blessing. (Blessing actually didn't see the 1961 pulp novel The Damnation of Adam Blessing until a couple years later, when the author, Marijane Meaker, gave it to him personally backstage at a New York gig.)
Their 1969 United Artists self-titled LP, above-average, early hard rock mixed with some psychedelia, pop, and folk-rock, was very popular in Cleveland, and made Number 181 in the national charts.
On their second album, 1970's The Second Damnation, they went into a more determinedly hard rock direction, still featuring the powerful, husky vocals of Blessing, and deploying vocal harmonies with more taste and subtlety than many similar outfits did. For reasons that the band don't remember -- they believe it was the decision of the record label and/or management -- their name was changed from the Damnation of Adam Blessing to just Damnation for their third and last album, 1971's Which Is the Justice, Which Is the Thief?. (Shortly prior to this, Blessing's brother Ken Constable had joined as additional vocalist; he'd made contributions to the prior two albums under pseudonyms.) To their dismay, most of the tracks were overlaid with orchestration by members of the Cleveland Orchestra, the band having no say in the string and horn arrangements. Despite that, the album -- and even the orchestration -- isn't bad, though like all releases by the Damnation of Adam Blessing/Damnation, it's erratic. The blend of early-'70s hard rock and haunting orchestration makes it more interesting than many hard rock-based albums from the era. There's also room for some of the mild eclecticism that characterized all of their work, like the tense soul-blues of "Sometimes I Feel Like I Just Can't Go On" (with a superb vocal by Blessing), the quirky Eastern-psychedelic-influenced instrumental "Turned to Stone," and the lush folky balladry of "Sweet Dream Lady."The Damnation album didn't chart, and though the band did record another LP, they did it under the name of Glory (for 1973's Glory).
Glory broke up shortly afterward, all of the band remaining involved in music in some capacity, though never with the visibility (albeit limited, certainly on a national scale) they'd enjoyed with the Damnation of Adam Blessing/Damnation.
Sadly, bassist Ray Benick served nearly two decades in prison in the 1980s and 1990s, though he was released in late 1999, and the Damnation of Adam Blessing reunited for a few shows (including one in Cleveland at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ) in 2000.

by Richie Unterberger

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Dando Shaft

Dando Shaft



Dec 3 2009 1:37 PM

Hola
Part of the idea is to enable small-scale producers, copyright owners
of digital works (songs,tunes,videos,data) to publish and charge for
downloading. Music and tune wise we have sorted, still working on
video. As well as 'Raremusez Basement' (all tunes free or 55p) the
download area, there is a Members site allowing registered users to
upload mp3 files which can then be published at the basement. Can you
pass on details to whoever you think might be interested. Charges/costs
and how to are available to registered members. The site is built on
the Joomla open source framework so large scope for development and
hosting.
Cheers Coopz new tunes
Cardinal Fuzz

Cardinal Fuzz



Oct 8 2009 9:22 PM

Thanks for the add. Hope you like our freak rock.
Jerry

Jerry



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We miss ya here in Cleveland

Mark

Mark Speck



May 14 2009 3:52 AM

Thanks for the add. Fellow Clevelander and proud, long-time fan of your music.
K

K



May 1 2009 7:10 PM

thank you for the add
and your good music !!!

cheers Klaus
VesuviaSonic

VesuviaSonic



Mar 19 2009 6:32 AM

Thanks for the add! You rule!

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Jan 7 2009 4:24 AM

alex

alex



Jan 6 2009 7:42 AM

Thanx 4 the add!!Great Damnation....a very very great band!!!Ciao from Italy!!
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Dec 8 2008 1:54 PM

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Larzzonz

Jonas Larsson



Nov 1 2008 8:10 AM

You Rock!!
Phil

Phil LoGrande



May 2 2008 9:22 PM

It dawns on me that Mark and I set up that equipment in the Metroparks that day.
Gee, I feel like an old hippie!
laura

laura rochford



Apr 19 2008 10:24 PM

just stoping by to say hi thankyou for the friendship and the good music keep rocking have a great weekend your friend laura
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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND
Becky Boyd

Becky Boyd



Apr 14 2008 7:14 PM

ok, is the add on your site the old one?? You are not listed on the Beachland site for the 27th! Too bad!!! Will you be playing Cleveland again sometime? Hope so!!
Becky Boyd

Becky Boyd



Apr 14 2008 6:21 PM

We still plug in our old record player to play your albums! Saw you at the Tangiers, cause I had a gig on the Beachland date last year, but I see you are coming back to the Beachland! YAY!! I just may have to bring an album for you to sign!!
All the Best!
Becky Boyd
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Mar 8 2008 6:14 AM

Hey guys! 'Caught you somewhere in like 72 or somethin' in Ohio. Ray knocked over his Kustom stack. Remember that?
GREAT band. The void is huge.
laura

laura rochford



Feb 29 2008 8:07 PM

just stoping by to say hi to my
good friend and thankyou for the friendship and the good music hope all is good with you and your family keep rockn have a good weekend love n peace to you always your friend laura
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Feb 25 2008 2:38 PM

Thanks!
Great tunes,
Cheers*
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Feb 18 2008 7:03 PM

Jerry

Jerry



Dec 22 2007 3:42 PM

Merry Christmas to all of you guys. I'm jones'n for another live show, how bout'it guys?
Bill Henceroth

Bill Henceroth



Dec 18 2007 7:44 PM

Just stopping by to say hey!
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Nov 20 2007 9:35 AM


Greetings from Rome!
laura

laura rochford



Nov 16 2007 6:57 PM

just stoping by to wish you a great weekend thanks for the good music and the friendship your friend laura love n peace to you always
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Nov 15 2007 12:50 AM

Rar!
laura

laura rochford



Oct 14 2007 3:40 PM

just stoping by to say hi to wish you a great rockn sunday and a great week thankyou for the friendship and the good music your friend laura love n peace to you always
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