Archived News Posts:


Dec 5, 2022

A word from the guy with the tape gun😍

Friends / supporters of our work, on behalf of Chris, Mark, Dave and myself I can proudly say that all LP orders are packed and shipped, thanks for being so patient. This was an incredible challenge for me, but with so much positive energy from the fans and the band, this dream has come true. This collection of music, is such a time capsule, that we were so lucky to have. Again, these are totally live recordings taken from a Cassette, for those sonic investigators, well keep that in mind. But as we learned from Chris, tone comes from the soul, from the fingers. We hope you all enjoy this slab of musical history!

Cheers!

DjC


Nov 30, 2022

Good news, LPs have been recieved and already most orders are packed and sent to the various points of the globe, where awesome dtm humans are dwelling. Thank you for your patience, and we hope you enjoy this time capsule of our creations from the 1990s, and support our efforts for the next level, if all goes well we can get some new music out, as well as possible release of the debut on Vinyl, will be in touch, please subscribe to the Youtube channel, click above, shared DJC/DTM channel with all videos


DTM salutes you for your patience and support!!!!!



The News > 10.19.22

How is everybody doing out there? It is not exactly the 2022 I imagined but making the best of things is definately a necessary art in today's world. So.... the LPs for The Last Man, incredible collection we are so excited to have these finally out and on vinyl, release date was 9.9 so the songs are in circulation, the LPs are being finalized at the Pressing plant in Greece, one thing led to another and our initial delivery date in September just obviously did not happen. We have a promise that they are on the end of the production now and should be shortly in shipment, will inform in the next few days. Take care and keep your chins up!



The News > 9.9.22 Release Day "The Last Man" the collection of 10 of our demo recordings from 1991-1994. The CDs are shipping now, be the end of next week all CD orders should be on the way. The LPs are expected middle of October. Thank you all for your preorders, thank you Andi Dog Young for the most incredible mastering job anyone could do, Chris Corrado for the perfect cover design and artwork, AgainstPR for helping us in the midnight hour, Tasos our Athens secret weapon, well done. and If I may speak personally, to be peddling this music 30+ years after making it with the world class Chris Poland, Dave Randi and Mark Poland, well I am beside myself. It is my great honor to say thank you, on this special day on planet Earth"

DJC


>Click Cover Image to see Streaming and Downloading options;



NEW VIDEO: Road Clips #4 Premiers May 8, check our Videos Page! This is a collection of video clips from New Orleans and Austin, with Voivod and you can see some candid segments with Piggy (Voivod) crew, and of course some snips of a DTM soundcheck. As a theme for this clip, the cover version of I'd Love To Change The World, recorded by Damn The Machine, produced by Brian Malouf back in 1994.Enjoy!


Current Release "Day One" 2021 / CD & LP > go to order page >

New Video "Honor" Jan 30, 2022 >go to video page>


05/05/22

The DTM News in a nutshell well the world needs more DTM and that is as clear as death and taxes! You know there are some other demos we spoke of, well these have been rescued, and we will be releasing very soon a complete full length album featuring 10-12 unheard of DTM songs, recorded in the same quality as you know now from "Day One". These songs are incredible, why they did not make the album I will never understand but lucky us, we have them for your ears now. There is more news, that I will save until next time, this is enough for now. We will be posting a cover graphic shortly, with preorder links, get ready, this train is bound for glory


03/17/22

Hey y'all by now we hope you have recieved your LPs and CDs! And thank you all for your support, the reactions are amazing, all are super happy with the results of DAY ONE CD and LP versions. In the beginning, last year when this idea finally became a reality, it seemed almost impossible to pull it off, but with the help of some cool people and with great source material...ha... it flowed like well you know what. So, news, we are working on a very special set of Demos, the songs that most everyone has not heard. Stay tuned, soon the order links with cover will be up on this page, and this one will blow your minds.

DJC

DTM


01/19/22

So the day has finally come! The DAY ONE Vinyl LPs began shipping out today, all of the orders will be in the Post by the end of the day tomorrow Jan 20,2022. Thank you all for your patience! They sound incredible!

DTM


12/12/21

Our thoughts are with the folks in the Tornado damaged areas, especially Kentucky, best power to attempts to rescue survivors, and clean up efforts, and mostly condolences to those who sadly lost their lives.


12/11/21

We would like to thank Lars, Björn & The Readers, at "Deaf Forever" Print Magazine / Germany, for voting Damn The Machine worthy of being included in the current issue (#45 Jan/Feb 2022) as one of the bands that "should have made more albums" and we agree! The story is viewable on our facebook & instagram pages.



12/07/21

So many things happening on our little Blue Rock, We are constantly reminded that where a person was born, simply sets a course for their destiny. 


In DTM news, we are looking forward to a new Video for "Honor" coming up hopefully in the next week from Stefano Mastronicola. You know his work from the DTM video "Fall of Order" (Audio from "Day One". This Video will feature incredible film from the Russian Artist Aleksey Ilkaif. The reason for this song choice, was mainly the lyrical content. "Cast out to the quarantine, to feel the future burn" .

Cds / Lps Shipment update:

At this time all of the CD orders recieved (prior to Dec 7, 2021) have been sent, please let us know if something has not arrived. The LPs, are expected in the next 1-2 Weeks.

Our plan is to get them in the post before the holidays, due to the LP production crisis unfortunately anything is possible, Our apologies for the delay.


DTM


10.02.21

Chris and I had a great talk the other night, I find it amazing how with some people, relationships, so much time can pass, and at the same time it feels like time stands still. When I have a talk with Chris, one thing always happens, my mood gets better. I am sure I can say that I had that feeling when I first met him 30 years ago. As 2020 hit and my mind began to wonder into new places, the words kept coming back to me -"our work is not done"- this little collection of words pushed me in an undescribeable way. I immediately hunted down a contact number for Mark, got in touch and we had such a great conversation, again, as time was frozen around us. It is at times like this, where I feel our connection to the universe is more then what we have learned. To finish this wonderful puzzle, after some attempts I recieved an awesome message from Dave Randi, with attachments of dtm tracks I had not in my collection, he too has been keeping tapes safe from magnets, as I have for the last 3 decades, probably hoping as myself that one day we could present them to the fans. And now onto the subject of fans, the words don't exist to portray what it means to click on a DTM video on youtube, to read through the comment section, and see how many people were inspired from the music we made together, in those short years of 1991-1994. 



Now when I think back, to just a few months ago, the job of bringing this collection of music to light, and to bring forth a presence in a digital world that did not exist in our era was clearly a difficult task but it has not felt that way. Everything seems to be falling into place, effortless and with great purpose.



Thank you Chris, Thank you Mark, Thank you Dave, for giving me creative space in your band, and through our inspired but difficult ride, not forgetting that what we did, was clearly greater than we ever imagined.

DJC

The Short History: 

How to start a DTM news page after almost 30 years...well here goes!


In the Aug 2021 issue of Rock Hard Magazine Germany, you will find a well done 2 page story about Damn The Machine, regarded as a "Classic" Rock album that warranted a 2 page story after almost 3 decades. Thank you Boris Kaiser, and Ludwig Krammer for keeping DTM in the public eye. 


>Read the Article / English Translation


As to the subject of new releases, there is wonderful news. I have been careful to hold on to the original recordings, from our practice room on Santa Fe Avenue, back in the era of 1991-1994. The gods of magnets and analog tape, have been on our side. What is to come, first, to wet the whistle there will be a release of the 12 album tracks as demo versions, incredibly raw and focused. these are live recordings with minimal overdubs, some backing vocals etc. The release carries the title of "Day One" to reflect, the birth of this explosive groundbreaking band, before the big wigs laid there paws on us (take no offense please). We have added links for preordering the CD & LP version of "Day One" expected ship dates are listed on our music page.


Secondly, there will be a release of previously unheard tracks, they are incredibly recorded and carry a fire that cannot be recreated. Musically and Lyrically, a time capsule of creativity that I myself, just cannot believe that I was a part of. This release may need to be seperated into 2 releases, as there are 6 tracks from before the signing with A&M, and 6 songs after the termination of the agreement. These songs, are very different, although in such a short span of time in comparison, to the almost 30 years that have now passed.


DJC August 26, 2021


I welcome any communication to these subjects, relevant links below!


DTM


And now, for a brief history as I wrote sometime in 2019:


The Legendary Project from 1991! Most of you know about the band, I am so proud to see it has stood the test of time, more than 25 years and still the content & production rates high on the lists of favorite albums from the Era. I was living in Pittsburgh, PA at the time in 1991 with my band Ministers of Anger, when Ross Robinson let me know that Chris Poland wanted to develop his instrumental project further, at the time his brother Mark Poland was on drums, and Dave Randi on bass. They were performing material from Chris' solo album Return to Metalopolis, as well as a few Megadeth songs that Chris wrote during his time with them.


I flew out (thanks gf,mom & sis for the ticket) to Los Angeles for an "audition" which was amazing, I was so nervous I had learned all the songs from Chris' solo album (until this date, probably a feat that I am most proud of, as it did NOT come easily thank you Chris ha and since then my brain and hands are no longer worthy) and we played them and I guess that was enough, we played with new riffs, from what I remember we wrote a song at the audition, I came for a second jam and then we made it solid. 


The name came out of a conversation I had had years before with my friend Steve Cordrey (JUD), he overheard a couple talking in a restaurant, the man said something like, "damn these socks" and Steve said something like "you don't damn socks, you damn a machine or something, we both said, damn the machine, and our eyes lit up... since me and Steve never used it I brought the name up to Chris,Mark and Dave and they liked it so the name started the journey there.


Janie Hoffman was managing Chris and took the band over, after writing a huge amount of material and recording it all in our room at Downtown Rehearsal Los Angeles, we began shopping the music around to labels and publishers and landed a wonderful deal on A&M records. We chose the wonderful human Brian Malouf to produce the album, and in the short version did a good amount of touring, with great bands such as: Clutch, Flotsam & Jetsam, VoiVod, Excel & a full month in Europe with Dream Theater,


But off stage things slowly took a turn for the worse...ha, had to put that trademark VH1 line in there.... not really but something like that. After working very hard for a few years we seemed to become a victim of the changing styles, oncoming grunge etc and the label wasn't happy with the something like 50,000 sold copies, ha, and dropped the band. This put a knife in our hearts and we were unable to work through this.


After much time has passed, I am honored to be in touch with Mark and Chris, and as I always say, if fate allows, and the lust is there I would absolutely write a new Damn The Machine record, with preferably the complete original lineup. I am sure, if it ever comes to be, it will be a masterpiece. 


What is "the machine" well, in my opinion, call centers, transaction fees, parking tickets, rigged court cases and dishonesty on all levels of government especially in defense and healthcare.  I could type for days, somethings never change. The rich control the poor, and their grip gets stronger, and the need for a greater balance between creatures & nature is inevitable


DJC