DAME FORTUNE take their brand of "Classic hard rock with a modern Gothic edge" to a new level with "The Secret Art."
If Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller were the
lyricists for Kiss, Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses, you'd have
Dame Fortune. Both sinister and romantic, DAME FORTUNE uses classic
hard rock with occasional Gothic overtones to deliver their clever
and biting lyrics.
January 31st 2009 LA cult rockers DAME FORTUNE will release
their third CD, THE SECRET ART and film their first live DVD
at Club Vodka at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood as they continue
to build their fan base that already includes more than 5000 fans
on myspace through a series of blistering live shows.
THE SECRET ART finds the Hollywood based hard rock band further
expanding their sound and lyrical themes. Standout tracks include
the impossibly catchy "Perpetual Emotion Machine," (Co-written
with Richard Davis, Eagles co-producer & member of the Eagles'
touring band), the sleazy metal swagger of "In Like Flynn,"
and the arena rock anthem, "Hikikomori (Live As Though The
Day Were Here),"encouraging disenfranchised Japanese youth
to stand up against their society's strict code of conformity.
If you thought that the poets of the grunge era merely muddied
their waters that they appear to be deep, if you find the pho-rage
of numetal and rap rock leaving you cold, if you loved the best
of the darker side of the 80's hard rock like Motley Crue, Guns
'n Roses, and legends like Kiss, Aerosmith, Queen, and Zep, still
send a shiver up your spine, if you like big hooks, slamming power
chords, catchy melodies, sing along anthems, with lyrics full
of sneering rock and roll attitude and great storytelling, then
DAME FORTUNE is your band. As songwriters they have the musical
muscle and lyrical depth to create a new legion of Generation
X and Y true believers who can proudly call themselves Rock and
Rollers.
2002's debut EP THE GREAT COSMIC SCEHME earned them
the Rock City News Award for Best Alternative Band.
2004's BOTHS SIDES OF MIDNIGHT, featuring KISS ghost drummer
Kevin Valentine on 5 tracks secured them a distribution deal with
Nightmare Distribution and Perris records and was given 3 and
1/2 stars by Japan's Burrn! Magazine.
In 2005 DAME FORTUNE debuted a half dozen new songs at shows
both in Hollywood and areas surrounding Los Angeles, each followed
by one of their infamous all night after parties, and filmed their
first video for "The Loony Bin."
In 2006 DAME FORTUNE 's full-length documentary "The
Making of Both Sides of Midnight" screened on the historic
20th Century Fox Lot, and they started recording for their most
ambitious effort yet, THE SECRET ART. On January 31st, 2009,
after 4 years of blood, sweat and tears, the secret will be revealed...
DAME FORTUNE IS: Mike James(Guitars & Vocals) Jeff Wire(Bass
& Vocals) David Blake (Guitars & Vocals) John Merritt
(Drums & Vocals)
CONTACT: 213-840-3333 www.damefortune.net
e-mail@damefortune.net www.myspace.com/damefortune
1321 N. Las Palmas Ave. #215 La, Ca 90028