Kelly sent me a drawing she did as a contribution for a fan art page. Just from this donation alone, I’ve opted to put the fan art page back up. I’ve saved a TON of artwork submitted to HH from a couple years back and decided it’s time to showcase HH’s talented visitors by displaying their art in the gallery under the Graphics category’s sub-category called, Fan Art (again, you must be logged in or registered to view this). So be sure to check out the fan art page again (link is also in the media section) or if you’d like to donate your own artwork, please email me at hhopeful[at]infinitealchemy.com (replace [at] with @) your name and attach your artwork to the email.

I’d also like to point out that I’m in grad school, so it’ll take a little while for me to put it up, but they WILL go up. The only time it won’t go up is if it’s not your own work.

edit:// I’ve also taken the liberty of posting ALL available tour information for every act associated with Fall Out Boy and updated the official links list.

Oh.. and have hit the 750,000+ unique visitor mark! 250,000 more unique visitors and we’ll be at ONE MILLION! Thanks so much for your continued support. We do this for you fans who are sticking with the band, the band’s side projects, and etc. with us. Believers never die! Long live the car crash hearts!

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What do you get when you take half of Fall Out Boy, add the guitar players of Anthrax, and top it off with Every Time I Die singer Keith Buckley? You get the Damned Things, who started off June by playing their first-ever show to an enthusiastic crowd at Brooklyn, N.Y. venue The Knitting Factory. The six-piece band (which also includes ETID’s Josh Newton as touring bassist) blazed through a nine-song set sounding like a well-oiled hybrid of their full-time bands. In addition to getting their first show jitters out of the way, they also got to road-test material for their debut album, coming out on the Island label later this year.

The genesis of the Damned Things began several years ago when Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman met Anthrax axeman and frequent VH1 spokesperson Scott Ian. After writing together, they each brought another band member in (Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley and Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, respectively). Buckley was the last member to join.

While a supergroup consisting of those three bands sounds odd on paper, Trohman and Hurley were in metal and hardcore bands before Fall Out Boy blew up, and the common ground they have was evident while watching them play live for the first time. There were similarities to all three of their members’ original bands, but the Damned Things had a sound of their own. Buckley’s voice and range are immediately recognizable to any fan of Every Time I Die, but he sings more than in his main band. And the uptempo songs were definitely more rooted in straight up rock than punk or hardcore. And while choruses like the one on ‘We’ve Got a Situation Here’ could fit in on an a Fall Out Boy album. With their three guitar attack, the band sometimes sounded more like Kiss or Thin Lizzy, with dual guitar harmonies rounded out by Ian’s solid rhythmic riffing. (Read More Here!)

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[..]Rock Sound coverstars The Damned Things, the band that features members of Fall Out Boy, Anthrax and Every Time I Die, have confirmed the details of their debut London performance, they are as follows:

JUNE
10 – LONDON Heaven

The gig is a 14+ event and tickets to the show can be purchased by clicking Here!

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[..]The Damned Things Rocksound Outtakes

Click on Pic for rest of set!

[..]The Damned Things grace the cover of Rock Sound Issue 134 for their world exclusive interview,out March 31st!

A sneak peek at what is to come when The Damned Things grace the cover of Rock Sound Issue 134 for their world exclusive interview!

Vote On The 2010 Golden Gods!

Your chance to get tickets to the world’s premier metal awards show!
June 14th is the date to mark in your diary, for that is the day that the biggest names in rock and metal will be descending upon London’s Indigo2 for the metal party of the year – the 2010 Golden Gods!

This year’s Golden Gods will kick more ass than has ever been kicked before! With our decadent 80’s strip-club theme and performances from Welsh ragga-punks Skindred, Vinnie Paul’s mighty Hellyeah and a very special performance from The Damned Things (featuring Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley and Fall Out Boy’s Joe Truhman and Andy Hurley).

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Metalhammer.co.uk)

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[..]Possible album title or TV show idea??

[..]The Damned Things studio update #4. Crank it up!!!!!