Career
He documented this obscure and relatively neglected corner of American music history on from 1999-2004. He recorded and performed in the bands "Extent" and "I/O" and completed a solo Civil Defense called "Let Knowledge Serve the City" in 2004. An additional solo Civil Defense named "Plans" was finished in 2006.
Damian"s signature dancing style can be seen in The Prids" music video "Let lieutenant Go" during the 2:58-3:09 portion, which proves treacherous for his 4-track deck.
As a computer scientist he had worked at Intel and at Cognex, a robotics company in Portland, Oregon. Damian died of stomach cancer on April 23, 2007.
The legacy of his musicological archiving and documentation and the posthumous release of his music is being continued by friends, family, collaborators and fellow musicologists.