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Thanks! I hadn’t seen the FB video. Damon in his prime, years before the not so auspicious end:
“Damon Edge died in Los Angeles the summer of 1995 at an early age. The official cause of death was heart failure. Apparently distraught over his break up with Fabiene Shine, Damon had become an obese shut-in, drinking heavily. He lay dead in his apartment for almost a month before being discovered.”
(from http://www.staticwhitesound.com/chrome/history.htm )
The ‘solo’ Chrome LP ‘Into the Eyes of the Zombie King’ is cram packed with great ‘Cold Rock’ tracks. ‘Wind is Talking’ is not quite as great but has some good bits.
Another great bit from an interview about Damon Edge recording the ‘solo’ Chrome LPs in France:
Q: Someone said Chrome programmed their drums in the 80s, rather than having a drummer playing them. I don’t believe so, but I realize there was some sort of drum set involved. Please clarify
A: Damon Edge didn’t want to use machines (drum machines or sequencers) to record the rhythm tracks on his songs. We simply used a click track (metronome) to establish a steady tempo. This track was often kept in the mix, with it’s sound doctored. Damon wanted us to play the bass and drums like machines; as in, very cold and without any interpretation other than strictness and punch. He thought that the result was much more effective and alive than had we programmed the rhythms. I think that with Patrick, whom I had played with for a long time already, we had a cohesive bass and drum sound which went along very well with the rhythmic sound of Damon’s songs and so fit in with what he was looking for. The slightest deviation, or attempt at playing with more feeling, was immediately condemned by Damon: “Renaud please, just play like a machine.” Patrick often overdubbed roto-toms to the bass and drums.
from http://www.damonedge.com/
(Interview RENAUD THOREZ)
