Sexual Harassment at # 35 in Pop Punk

Weekends With Dan's song "Sexual Harassment" is up to # 35 on Soundclick's Pop Punk chart, and is now the 5th song (out of 6) on Weekends With Dan's "Big Sexy Single" to chart. The band's first release "Anna Rexia" climbed to # 2 on the Pop Punk chart and reached # 6 on the broader Alternative genre chart. The acoustic "no meds remix" of "Anna Rexia" reached a maximum chart position of # 72. An earlier version of "Anna Rexia" also charted on GarageBand.com and MP3Charts.com in 2005. The "Ballad of Raggedy Andy" maxed out at # 42 on the Pop Punk chart, while "Ooh-ah (Wrinkles & Dimples)" made it to # 95. "Moon Over Miami" is the only song on the CD that has not yet charted.

Weekends With Dan on iTunes

Weekends With Dan tracks are now available on iTunes.

Anna Rexia Awarded Track of the Day

Weekends With Dan's song "Anna Rexia" was awarded "Track of the Day" on GarageBand.com.

A critic in Toledo, Ohio writes:

Whoah, wait, this doesn't suck like the rest of them...
Ok, I'm not a fan of guitar lead music, but this guitar player is good. His leads fit perfect and do the job; LEAD, not show off. Now, the criticism is that this is really a country song with a halftime beat and an electric guitar instead of a lap guitar. This song is hilarious once you figure out what it is that redneck is saying :) By the end of this song, I love Anna-Rexia. This rocks simply because it takes guts to play it.

In addition to the "Track of the Day" selection, the song also recently received the following awards:

*Best Male Vocals in Punk
*Best Guitars in Punk
*Best Lyrics in Punk
*Best Melody in Punk
*Most Original in Punk

Introducing Weekends With Dan

My new band "Weekends With Dan" began recording the "Big Sexy Single" at Big Blue Meenie studio in Jersey City today. The tracks "Anna Rexia" and "Sexual Harassment" are being recorded over the next few days, with a tentative mix date next week. At least three more songs will follow next month. The lineup features me, under the alias "Big Sexy" on guitars, "Dan Damage" on vocals, Jeff McManus of Pist.on (Atlantic Records) on drums and Jim Frint on bass. The genre of the project is somewhere between pop and punk. The sound quality is expected to be superior to all of my prior recorded music projects, as artists such as INXS, Pet Shop Boys, Jodeci, Guy and Queen Latifah, Helmet and Rage Against the Machine have all recorded or mixed albums in this studio. Tim Gilles who works regularly with Island and Virgin Records will be mixing some of the tracks.