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DAMAGE

WINS BEST HARD ROCK BAND AT

2006 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUSIC AWARDS (SCMA's)

Orange County-based DAMAGE ( www.damagetheband.com ) has brought home "Best Hard Rock Band" at the First Annual Southern California Music Awards (SCMA) (www.sunsetstrip.com/news/index.html). The awards show recognizes emerging musical talent found in Southern California and made its debut on Saturday, February 11, 2006, at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro. The same folks broke through the local music scene with events such as the Orange County Music Awards and the Inland Empire Music Awards offering bands and solo artists from all cities in Southern California the opportunity to be heard and seen. For the first time, all musical communities came together to jam the night away and demonstrate the tremendous amount of musical diversity found in the Los Angeles market and surrounding areas. The event was sponsored by Indie 103.1 FM  and SunsetStrip.com.

"We are so appreciative of this honor and wish to thank Indie 103.1 FM, SunsetStrip.com, all the sponsors, the great nominees, and especially  Martin Brown for everything he does for the Southern California music scene." said DAMAGE lead singer Michael Neufeld upon receiving the award for "Best Hard Rock Band."

DAMAGE was judged against hundreds of entries including such hard rock'n bands as Shameless , Tractor Pull Champs, Hindsight 20/20 and Conspiracy of Thought  to take home first place in the "Best Hard Rock" Category.

"Drawing from the heavy riffing of gloom metal and the crunchy grinding of hard rock, DAMAGE's sound forges the connection between alternative, hard rock and heavy metal, similar to Alice in Chains, only more commercial. This group delivers potent melodic rock with thoughtprovoking Lyrics." Commented Music Connection Magazine in a recent DAMAGE live review.

PHOTO CAPTION: DAMAGE lead singer Mike Neufeld (Center) moments after accepting the award for " Best Hard Rock Band " at the 2006 Southern California Music Awards held on Feb.11th at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro. Damage back-up singer Erin Shawn Hawkins (Left) poses with Mike along with SCMA's statue designer and artist Jamie Kivisto .

PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Jennifer Corday, courtesy Luck Media & Marketing, Inc.