Damage Inc - History
Damage Inc started as a band called "TT Smash" in the Flint Michigan area, playing the local clubs on a regular basis. During rehearsal one night in 1991, we discussed the possibility of touring. Rusty knew some people at an agency in Ohio that booked bands across the country. We called the agency that night to talk about future possibilities. They were badly in need of a Metallica tribute that was actually "good" at playing Metallica songs. This was during the big "tribute band" era when you could not name a national act that wasn't being tributed by somebody. We were reluctant at first since we were like most musicians and wanted to play originals to sold out arena's. But realizing this was not an option, we decided to give the Metallica thing a try. The existing band "TT Smash" had to be rearranged a little before "Damage Inc" would emerge. Within TT Smash, Eric was the bassist and Tony was the singer. but as luck would have it, Tony was also a great bassist and Eric (Who sounded the most like James Hetfield) could play guitar. We rounded up a 30 song set list of Metallica hits, hired some road crew, rented a truck and took off for our first gig as Damage Inc in Cincinatti, Ohio at a club called "Hurricane". Continued-Next Page
