ArtDamage

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The Art Damage show was initially founded by Dan Williams and first aired at W.A.I.F. in March of 1985. Dan had been an avant-garde musician working out of the Ashland, Ky. area, playing in garage bands such as XY-19 and brewing up his own special brand of homemade experimental music on reel-to-reel tape machines and now-antique synthesizers, under the name Radio Moscow. In March 1984, Dan moved to Cincinnati in the hopes of meeting 11,000 Switches leader and musical agent provocateur Uncle Dave Lewis (then just known as "Dave Lewis"). In early 1985 Dan met Brenda Baker, co-programmer of a modern music show on W.A.I.F. called Ballet Mechanique. Dan guest-hosted this show and did so well that Brenda recommended that he do a regular program. Dan named the new show Art Damage. Uncle Dave was brought on to the second program broadcast and became a regular host minus a seven-year lapse from 1992-98 when Lewis resided in California. Greg Fernandez, (aka Good Cue Sign), the third Art Damage programmer, went on with the third broadcast, but only stayed with the show until November 1985, as he then moved to Columbus to found a classic Art Damage offshoot, the Ring Bells And Blow Whistles show on WOSR-FM (from 1986-89). Dan stayed with the program until 1988, then bowing out due to rising commitments in his professional avocation (working as a television producer).Upon Uncle Dave's departure to L.A. in 1991, Chris Lockhart (simply known as Mr. Lockhart) and Ron Orovitz (under various pseudonyms) took over management responsibilities, keeping the show alive through the 90's, which opened up the program to an entirely new generation of programmers, many from local experimental acts. These have included; Mark Milano, C. Spencer Yeh (of Burning Star Core and Dronedisco), Jeremy Lesniak (of Lesniak and Culture Queer), Jimmiecrackecorne, members of CAF Gallahad (aka Nebula Girl), Neato Torpedo, Roesing Ape, Gordy Horn, Satyr Oz, Helene Phlogiston, Ms. Miranda (of Liquid Death/Hello Pussy Records), Gabe (from 1,000 Arms and The Black Fives), John Rich, Robert Inhuman (of Realicide) and the list goes on and on. The program has influenced an entire generation (two, even) of experimental musicians and has proven to be the major outlet for this type and many other types of music and voices in this typically dry city.On January 29, 2005, Art Damage, Incorporated was founded as a Non-Profit for noise and experimental music and performance.