Damien Starkey

Damien Joel Starkey
Background information
Born	(1982-10-20) October 20, 1982 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Genres	Hard rock alternative rock orchestral grunge alternative metal country hip hop
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Bass vocals guitar
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Elektra Geffen Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Puddle of Mudd Society Red Burn Season Saliva
Website	Give2Get Official Site

Damien Joel Starkey (born October 20, 1982) is an American producer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has played many roles in several bands, served as a vocalist for Society Red and Burn Season, bassist for Puddle of Mudd, and he also owns a company called Give 2 Get Music Group in which he is a music supervisor and composer for TV and film music. Damien has scored and wrote music for more than 70 TV shows and movies including American Reunion, Nitro Circus Movie, Freeheld, Pawn Stars, Bar Rescue, and Undercover Boss. As a producer he has written for and produced many notable artists including platinum selling bands Saliva, Daughtry and Avril Lavigne. Damien currently plays bass in the band Saliva.

Via social media, it was later confirmed that Damien was in LA in April 2016 auditioning to be the new singer for Stone Temple Pilots. It was rumored that Starkey was only one of 8 singers selected by the band with them eventually choosing Jeff Gutt.

Damien also is a managing partner in the music technology company Songlinkr.

Biography

Starkey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Jacksonville, Florida, at the age of 2, and began playing guitar at the age of 9. He started the early version of Burn Season with Bobby Amaru, vocalist of Saliva, at the age of 15. By the age of 18 they had a multimillion-dollar record deal with Elektra Records. Currently he lives in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.^[1]

From 2007 to 2011 he was songwriter and singer for Society Red, with former Puddle of Mudd rhythm guitarist Adam Latiff and former lead guitarist of Puddle of Mudd Paul Phillips. Also in the band was Brad Stewart formerly of Shinedown who now plays in Fuel. In 2010, following the departure of bassist Doug Ardito, he joined Puddle of Mudd.

Influences

Starkey has been quoted as saying that he grew up listening to a wide variety of genres. Many artists have influenced him, such as Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Pantera, Candlebox, Dr. Dre, and Bad Company.

Discography

Filmography

References

External links

• Puddle of Mudd Official Site
• Operator Official Site