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Damned Age is a Alternative, Stoner metal band from Long Beach, California. The members consist of Nigel Burk (vocals, bass), Alex Desloover (guitar, back-up vocals), Brian Latorraca (guitar) and Nick Rickenbach (drums).

The Beginning
Damned Age formed in October of 2013 after Nick and Brian's previous band Call of the Bison disbanded. Nigel, Alex and Brian we're also in a band called Electric Machines, but decided to head in a different direction musically. They recruited Nick into the band started writing songs with more of a heavy rock tone mixed with some metal elements. After breaking into the Long Beach scene, the band decided to record 5 of the songs they had written and make the EP Tromaville. They started recording in February of 2014 tracking the drums at an off-site studio and the rest of the guitar, bass and vocals at Alex's home studio. In June 2014 Tromaville was released with a limited amount of pressed copies featuring 5 tracks including "Toxie". The album was created as a concept in ode to the films by Troma Entertainment that influenced the lyrics and theme of each song. After the release of the album, it gained a lot of attention from the local Long Beach scene including the eyes and ears of Isaiah "Ikey" Owens who booked them with his band at a local Long Beach venue and gained them even more exposure. . After Ikey's death in 2014, the band played a series of shows that were dedicated to his memory.

Present
Currently the band is a back in the studio working on new songs for their upcoming untitled album due in 2015.