In a message dated 2/20/03 10:13:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
bashpop@earthlink.net writes:

> I've been listening repeatedly to the new CD by a Boston area band called
> Damone.  The CD, "From The Attic" is really cool, edgy, modern power pop
> with a singer named Noelle who's got a strong, assured voice with a bit of 
> a
> playful side, and guitarist Dave Pino writes some really nice hooks.  Their
> sound falls somewhere between The Go Gos and The Muffs, but more
> contemporary than either of them.
> 
> Good stuff!  The CD is on RCA-not sure if it's out yet, but it was 
> scheduled
> to be released this month.  In case you're wondering, yes, the band was
> named after that shifty character from Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

Damone has a REALLY screwy history. Basically they're the combination of two 
bands called Noelle and Waltham. Noelle was really just the earlier version 
of Damone, and they sounded more or less the same except there was more 
emphasis on synths. Waltham, which was Pino's project, was quite different. 
They were blatantly and unabashedly in the style of Journey/Boston (hence the 
name.. they took it from the Boston suburb from whence they came). Almost all 
of their songs were just girl's names, like "Cheryl" and "Nicole." At shows, 
Pino would really ham it up and ask if there was a girl in the audience named 
Cheryl before they played the song, and he often would walk right out and 
sign it to her, heart-throb style. They did put out one album, called "First 
Album", that failed to find an audience because it was way too uncool for the 
indie crowd and way too smirking for the '80s hair band crowd. It's funny 
anyway, though. --Jason