Released - 2001
Editor's note: Since this is an album on a indie label, there is no download link available.
Story by Mike McTernan, singer of Damnation AD.
I had been gone for a couple of years and was really out of touch. These dudes just got up and destroyed the stage. 20 minutes later the singer walks off stage and it's over. What the fuck just happened? What had I been missing out on? I really thought hardcore was dead. Or my version of it had died. I heard all the new bands, but I could not connect. I hear the name American Nightmare and my immediate thought is a band with political leanings that I would probably not relate to. But I had not seen kids react like this to a band in years or ever.
A few weeks later Background Music came out. As I am listening to it I am completely in awe of the raw honesty of the lyrics. How can someone take their inner most pain and put it on display for everyone to see? It is easy to share your successes with others, but opening up about your fears and failures takes courage. So many lines hit so close to home that I kept getting chills. Then I hear “I want to open these veins and never fucking breathe again” and the tears start. I cried for the next 6 months. I listened to the album every day. When I could not sleep I put it on. When I felt alone it was on to keep me company. When I wanted to die, it was there for me. Someone else felt my despair. I was not alone. That kept me going.
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