A Lethbridge/ Calgary band are tipping their hats and banging their heads to thrash metal pioneers Metallica with their popular tribute act Damage Inc. A Tribute to Metallica.
They play Bo Diddley’s, May 9.
The band including guitarist/ vocalist Mark DiGiorgio, lead guitarist/ backup vocalist Oleg Usykov, bassist/ backup vocalist Paul Melanson and drummer james Nagy, have been playing together for two years and are starting to make a little noise on the tribute act scene, though it is more about the music than about the image.
“ Metallica are jeans and T-Shirts guys. They don’t have a distinctive trademark like bands like Kiss or Guns n Roses,” DiGiorgio said.
“ Though I look like James Hetfield (Metallica’s vocalist and guitarist)as he did in the ’80s and our lead guitarist looks like he does now. So it’s kind of like having two James Hetfields on stage,” he said emphasizing they are more concerned with playing the music properly.
He praised his talented bandmates.
“ We play a full two and a half hour concert, not just 90 minutes.We want to give more for your money,” he continued.
They play all of the radio hits from the Black album, but also delve deep into Metallica’s back catalogue.
“We play all of the hits and vintage Metallica for the die hard fans, ” he continued.
They play regularly in Lethbridge including bigger festivals like Whoop Up Days and are planning more of that for the summer including playing the Loud as Hell Festival in Drumheller in August, for which they will be learning a few more songs off of Metallica’s landmark 1984 landmark album “Ride the Lightning,” celebrates its thirtieth anniversary.
More information about them is available at http://www.damageinccanada.com/
Damage inc. play Bo Diddley’s on May 9 at 9 p.m. there is a $10 cover for the show.
