Towering Inferno From 1994–7, DJ Damage was a member of Brisbane hip hop group
Towering Inferno with
Lazy Grey and B-Boy Flex. The members of the group met at Burnt Toast, a jazz/hip hop/funk night in Brisbane, organized by Hams and Felicite. Towering Inferno performed at the first Annual East Coast Funk Festival on 1 July 1995 at Festival Hall, Brisbane. The band also appeared at the first
B-Boy Kingdom "all ages hip hop jam", Friday 9 February 1996 at Lighthouse, corner of Ann and Creek Streets, Brisbane. Towering Inferno released a tape called
The Toowong Sessions with
Brad Strut in 1996. Towering Inferno performed alongside fellow
Australian hip hop groups
Def Wish Cast (Sydney) and also representatives from
Finger Licking Good (Adelaide) and
Brethren (Sydney). Bevan Jee, from Bomb Hip Hop Australia, noted in his
Towering Inferno article that, "The name Towering Inferno seems appropriate given the way the group blew up when they first entered the local hip-hop scene. "Fire is a symbol of hip-hop, if you can't cut it you get burnt" Damage the group's DJ." DJ Katch, Geoff Jigzaw Boardman (who worked on Towering Inferno's recorded material), Dave Atkins and Chris Bosley went on to form
Resin Dogs in 1996. DJ Frenzie mentioned Big Rigs in an interview with The Late Show in 2011, saying that, "We were doing 6 turntable routines in clubs in the mid 90s. I don't think any one else was doing that kind of thing in Australia at that time".
Terntable Jediz DJ Damage was a member of the turntablist crew called
Terntable Jediz. The crew is now defunct and all members focused on their own solo careers. The crew was formed in 1998 by DJ Sheep and Krypton. DJ Damage joined in 1999. Other members of the crew included DJ Kenny (Hong Kong)(2001),
Finatik (Perth)(2002), DJ Tetsu (Brisbane / Japan) and DJ Freestyle (Brisbane). In 2000, DJ Damage and DJ Sheep toured London, Eindhoven and Berlin and performed at
The Social with
Yoda and
Plus One. They travelled to San Francisco to jam with
DJ Qbert, and in 2001, DJ Damage performed a Q&A scratch set with
A-Trak in Brisbane. In 2002, DJ Damage was a judge for the DMC Technics World DJ Championships Australian finals. In 2004, DJ Damage was Co-Executive Producer and provided scratches and cuts for the Terntable Jediz' album
All Out War released on vinyl by Unkut Recordings.
The Optimen In 2001, DJ Damage joined Brisbane hip hop band,
The Optimen. Other members of the band include Sammsonite, DATS, Kristoff the Russian, Peter Beaty and DJ Sheep. In 2002, The Optimen released an eight track EP called
02: Breath Control. In November 2005, the band released their album
Boomtown. received high rotation on
Triple J Australia's national radio station. The Optimen won two MusicOz Awards in 2006 – The Roland Best Urban Artist Award and The Channel [V] Best Unsigned Video Clip Award for their
Give It Up single. In 2010,
The Out of Money Experience album was released. It debuted at #36 on the ARIA Urban charts and was
Album of the week on Triple J's
hip hop show for the week of 19 April 2010. The filmclip for the single
80’s Babies has been played on ABC's Rage programme.
DJ work DJ Damage has also played house, funk and
soul music at clubs such as The Monastery, Technomadiscotheque, Mantra, Family Nightclub. DJ Damage also performed with VJ
Simulcast at the Judith Wright Arts Centre for 2008 Valley Fiesta.
Step It Up In 2011 DJ Damage provided cuts and turntablist skills for Brisbane new jazz and funk band
Step It Up on their EP,
Push. ==Discography==