Das Damen

Das Damen was an alternative rock band from New York City, United States, formed in 1984. The band released several albums before splitting up in 1991. The band's name is fake German and roughly translates to "the ladies" (the correct German form would be Die Damen).
The band was formed in the 1984 by Jim Walters (vocals, guitar), Alex Totino (guitar, vocals), Phil Leopold von Trapp (bass guitar, vocals), and Lyle Hysen (drums). Totino and Hysen were previously in the New York Hardcore punk band, The Misguided. They released their eponymous debut album on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! label in 1986. They subsequently signed to SST Records and released Jupiter Eye in 1987, which has been described as "quasi-hardcore that touched on MC5-like garage psychedelia". A third album, Triskaidekaphobe, followed. It featured a guest appearance by ex-MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer.
The Marshmellow Conspiracy EP (1988) was withdrawn when it was discovered that the track "Song for Michael Jackson to $ell" was in fact an uncredited version of The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour". It was later reissued without the track. Two of the three remaining songs were from the previous LP, one in a new version featuring Kramer.
The band's next release was the 1989 album Mousetrap, on the Twin/Tone label. Von Trapp left to be replaced by David Motamed. The band then moved on to City Slang for the live album Entertaining Friends, recorded at CBGB, and their final release was the High Anxiety mini-set in July 1991, co-released by City Slang and Sub Pop.
Motamed later joined Two Dollar Guitar and Cell.
==Links to Peel==
Peel seemed to have discovered the group in 1987 when he played a track from their Jupiter Eye album. Further material from the group were played on his radio programmes until the end of the 80's. After 2004, it was later found out that Peel had three of their albums in his Record Collection: D.
==Shows Played==
;1987
*13 August 1987 (Radio Bremen): Gray Isn't Black (album - Jupiter Eye) SST
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*29 November 1988: Sky Yen (12" - Marshmellow Conspiracy) SST
*05 December 1988: Bug (12" - Marshmellow Conspiracy) SST (Peel mentions it's on a pink vinyl) 
;1989
*03 January 1989: Spiderbirds (LP - Triskaidekaphobe) SST
*17 January 1989 (Radio Bremen): Spiderbirds (album - Triskaidekaphobe) SST
*29 August 1989: Making Time (single) Sub Pop
*09 September 1989 (BFBS): 'Making Time (7"-Sad Mile)' (Sub Pop)
*06 November 1989: Noon Daylight (LP - Mousetrap) What Goes On
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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