Damien Starkey

Damien Joel Starkey
Background information
Born (1982-10-20) October 20, 1982
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Genres Hard rock, alternative rock, orchestral, grunge, alternative metal, country, hip hop
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Bass, vocals, guitar
Years active 2000–present
Labels Elektra, Geffen, Warner Bros.
Associated acts Puddle of Mudd, Society Red, Burn Season, Saliva
Website Give2Get Official Site

Damien Joel Starkey (born October 20, 1982) is a producer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has played many roles in several bands, served as a vocalist for Society Red and Burn Season, bassist for Puddle of Mudd, and he also owns a company called Give 2 Get Music Group in which he is a music supervisor and composer for TV and film music. Damien scored and wrote music for The Nitro Circus 3D Movie and American Pie: Reunion, and also works on several other TV shows and movies. As a producer he has written for and produced many notable artists including platinum selling band Saliva. Damien also is a managing partner in the music technology company Fanpass.TV.

Biography

Starkey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Jacksonville, Florida, at the age of 2, and began playing guitar at the age of 9. He started the early version of Burn Season with Bobby Amaru, vocalist of Saliva, at the age of 15. By the age of 18 they had a multimillion-dollar record deal with Elektra Records. Currently he lives in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.[1]

From 2007 to 2011 he was songwriter and singer for Society Red, with current Puddle of Mudd rhythm guitarist Adam Latiff and former lead guitarist of Puddle of Mudd Paul Phillips. Also in the band was Brad Stewart formerly of Shinedown who now plays in Fuel. In 2010, following the departure of bassist Doug Ardito, he joined Puddle of Mudd.

Influences

Starkey has been quoted as saying that he grew up listening to a wide variety of genres. Many artists have influenced him, such as Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Pantera, Candlebox, Dr. Dre, and Bad Company.

Discography

Burn Season

Society Red

Music from the Nitro Circus Movie

Filmography

TV shows

Films

References

  1. ↑ Gear-vault.com Retrieved on April 3, 2010

External links

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