Brian Keats known by his stage name Brian Damage, was an American

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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 drummer

Drummer

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 mostly known by his participation in the horror punk

Horror punk

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 band Misfits.

Career

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Brian Damage played for Genocide and Verbal Abuse during his early musical career. In 1983, he was invited to join Misfits by the band's frontman Glenn Danzig

Glenn Danzig

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. Damage was the latest in a long line of drummers that played for Misfits. The drummer's first performance, that took place in the Halloween

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 gig of 1983, turned out to be the band's last show. Damage was thrown off the stage by the band's guitarist Doyle

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein

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, allegedly for being too drunk

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 to keep up. Todd Swalla of the local band Necros

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 filled the drummer spot for the rest of the show.

After his short period with Misfits, the drummer played for a number of New York City

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 bands. He then moved to Los Angeles

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 and played or recorded with Wink, Low Pop Suicide

Low Pop Suicide

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, Sylvain Sylvain

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, Susanna Hoffs

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, and The Fuzztones

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, among others. He also did live performances with African Violet, Jason Falkner

Jason Falkner

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, Woozy, and Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords

Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords

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; and recorded sessions demos with Bijou Phillips

Bijou Phillips

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, Swirl 360

Swirl 360

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 (with Roger Manning

Roger Manning

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), Tallulah

Tallulah

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, Kim Richey

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, Marie Wilson

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, Billy Idol

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, Tom Anderson

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, Leah Andreone

Leah Andreone

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, and Colony.

Brian died from complications of colon cancer on January 12, 2010.