Damned if You Do …
“We haven’t broken up,” insists Damnations bassist/pianist/singer Amy Boone. “People keep coming up to us and asking if we broke up.”
Such rumors, which Boone thinks began when she played a solo show with the Gourds New Year’s Eve at the Mercury, couldn’t be further from the truth.
“We’re family,” she says. “We’re going to be playing together when we’re 80 years old and sitting on the porch with no teeth.”
The band’s profile has been lowered significantly in recent months, she says, because they’ve all had to concentrate on their day jobs since Houston-based distributor Southwest Wholesale went under last month. The band has little chance of recouping any of the money owed them by Southwest, because even if they were to throw in for an attorney, the legal fees involved would cancel out any potential paydays.
When not punching the clock, the Damnations plan to record new material at Spoon drummer Jim Eno‘s home studio next month, and are working on securing a Continental Club residency with the Weary Boys. The band, now with former Ministry drummer Rey Washam behind the kit, play Jovita’s Friday night with Hunt Sales‘ TX TKO and Clarence Pierce & the Eastside Band. Boone says they’re sitting out SXSW this year because in the past, “so many up-and-comers can’t get in because people like us are playing.”
This article appears in March 14 • 2003.