SuperGroup
Genre	Reality show
Running time	~40 minutes per episode
Starring	Scott Ian Ted Nugent Evan Seinfeld Sebastian Bach Jason Bonham Doc McGhee
Country of origin	United States
Original network/channel	VH1
Original run	2006 June 1 –
No. of episodes	7
Official website
IMDb profile

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The band's assumed manager is star manager Doc McGhee, who had previously worked with Bach with the band Skid Row. The show also features appearances by journalist Lonn Friend and photographer Ross Halfin, both long-time contributors for other VH1 features, such as Behind the Music. Doc McGhee is an American music manager, best known for working with Kiss, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Behind the Music is a television series on VH1 that ran from 1997 to 2003, and continues to air sporadically with new episodes. ...

Band Name

The members of the band dubbed their band project Damnocracy, suggested by lead singer Sebastian Bach after hearing Scott Ian say "this damn democracy" in response of not being able to come up with a band name everybody liked. Previously, the name FIST was also suggested by Sebastian Bach, saying that it means the five of them coming together, like fingers forming a fist.

Another name that was suggested was "Rawdog", then flipped around to "Godwar", to which Bach replied that he didn't want a band name that he "Had to think about".

Yet another name that was suggested by Bach was "Savage Animal", but no one else but him liked the name. Bach liked it because it "rolled off the tongue" and because "rock and roll is a 'savage animal'."

Band Members

Sebastian Bach (vocals)

Former singer for Skid Row, has his own band called Sebastian Bach and the Bach Tight Five. He currently makes a living as an actor and television personality. Has appeared on many of VH1's programs, including their "I Married..." series, and most recently HEAVY: The Story of Metal. Sebastian Bach (born Sebastian Philip Bierk, on April 3, 1968 in Freeport, Bahamas) was the lead vocalist of the following bands: Kid Wikkid Madam X Herrenvolk VO5 Skid Row Damnocracy (VH1s SuperGroup) Frameshift Sebastian Bach Born in Freeport, Bahamas and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, he appears to hold Canadian... Image File history File links S.bach. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ...

Ted Nugent (lead guitar)

Formerly the lead guitarist for the Amboy Dukes, the Ted Nugent Band, and Damn Yankees (band), he is most famous for his solo career. Some of his best known songs include "Stranglehold," "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang," "Cat Scratch Fever," "Motor City Madhouse," "Great White Buffalo," and "Wango Tango." Often during the show, fellow guitarist Scott Ian refers to how much he enjoys working with Ted, as Nugent was one of Ian's influences growing up. Ted Nugent performs at a USO concert at Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy, June 1, 2004 Theodore Anthony Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (aka The Nuge, Uncle Ted, Sweaty Teddy, Theodocious Atrocious and The Motor City Madman) is a hard rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Ted_Nuget_-_Lead_Guitar133. ... AmboyDukes CD cover for the album, Best of Amboy Dukes The Amboy Dukes were an American rock music band of the late 1960s and early 1970s from Detroit, Michigan, best remembered for their hit single Journey to the Center of the Mind. ... Damn Yankees was an American rock supergroup, formed in 1989, consisting of Jack Blades (Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (Styx), Ted Nugent and drummer Michael Cartellone. ... It has been suggested that Petzetakis disease be merged into this article or section. ... Scott Ian (stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld, born December 31, 1963) is the rhythm guitarist for the metal band Anthrax and a former guitarist for the crossover band Stormtroopers of Death. ...

Scott Ian (rhythm guitar)

Rhythm guitarist of the band Anthrax. Anthrax still performs today, and Scott Ian has been a personality on various VH1 programs, including the I Love the 70s/80s/90s series, in addition to several other countdown programs for VH1. Scott Ian (stage name of Scott Ian Rosenfeld, born December 31, 1963) is the rhythm guitarist for the metal band Anthrax and a former guitarist for the crossover band Stormtroopers of Death. ... Rhythm guitar is a kind of guitar playing that provides accompaniment for a singer or other instruments. ... Image File history File links Scott_Ian_-_Rhythm_Guitar. ... I Love the 70s is a television mini-series originally produced by the BBC, and later for American audiences by VH-1 which is the sister series to I Love the 80s and explains such stories about the 1970s. ... I Love the 80s is a television program that was produced by BBC in the United Kingdom and later for American TV audiences by VH1. ... I Love the 90s is a television mini-series originally produced by the BBC, and later for American audiences by VH1, in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. ...

Evan Seinfeld (bass)

Vocalist and bassist for the band Biohazard. He is an actor, director and producer in the pornography business, and he is married to adult film star Tera Patrick. He has performed with her in three films under the name Spyder Jonez, including the movies Tera, Tera, Tera, Reign of Tera (which he directed), and Desperate. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... Image File history File links Evan_Seinfeild_-_Bass133. ... Biohazard is band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (from Greek πορνη prostitute and γραφία written material) (more informally referred to as porn or porno) is the representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins Shapiro on July 25, 1976) is an American pornographic actress. ... Evan Seinfeld as Jaz Hoyt in HBOs Oz Evan Seinfeld (born December 29, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York) is an actor, director and bassist. ...

Jason Bonham (drums)

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Episodes

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Original airing dates

1. Episode 1 - June 1
2. Episode 2 - June 2
3. Episode 3 - June 4
4. Episode 4 - June 11
5. Episode 5 - June 18
6. Episode 6 - June 25
7. Episode 7 - July 2

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Episode 1

The band members and Doc meet for the first time for the project. The band starts to explore their "creative space", a large mansion in Las Vegas. On the first rehearsals, they click musically, but are unable to come up with a name. They also meet Danushka Lysek, their chef for the upcoming two weeks, who immediately becomes a constant and easy target for constant effing, and a two-man PR team, who they immediately disregard as business professionals. The first song also starts to take shape, but an unexpected problem occurs when the rehearsal space turns out to be less proficient for studio recording than awaited. This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

Episode 2

The Fist logo

Jason Bonham has to leave because of two Foreigner shows he has to perform at, so the management gets Kid Beyond, a human beatboxer to fill in, as well as a fashion stylist to "update their image" - the band protests vehemently to both approaches. They, however, manage to settle on a name, "Fist", which Sebastian explains by "five fingers coming together". Evan and Sebastian start to shape up the lyrics for their first co-written song, but while Evan insists on leaving to dinner for the night, Sebastian stays and decides to work on the song, along with newly arrived recording engineer Kirk Moll, while Ted leaves to jam with Joe Bonamassa. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Joe Bonamassa is an american blues guitarist/singer, well known for his raw gritty voice and technically accomplished playing. ...

Episode 3

The band shows Doc their first song, but Doc isn't impressed. Sebastian considers that it's because of an old injury between him and Doc. Evan decides to figure out what happened and talks to Doc, who explains his side of the story. The band meets two graphic artists, who are to design the band logo - Valerie, the PR person, tells the band that Ross Halfin is coming from England to photograph them later that day. Sebastian insists to take a jog and a makeover against the majority's will, seemingly upsetting the rest of the group, especially Jason. During the wardrobe-check for the shoot, the group meets "Heatherette", a styling team, who presents the group a (perhaps deliberately) outrageous set of clothes. (Jason calmly remarks "I'm English." upon being presented a star-spangled jacket.) The group protests, except for Sebastian who picks out a jumpsuit, but is outvoted by the rest of the band, after pointing out that his choice is embarassing to the rest of the band. At the photoshoot, Ross matches up Sebastian in verbal swashbuckling, to much amusement to the rest of the band and the PR-team.

The next day, Evan explains his talk with Doc to Sebastian, who decides to settle things with Doc later. Sebastian also discovers the wine-cellar, and goes to show his discovery to Scott, who explains that the wine he's drinking is "two-buck Chuck", an extremely cheap brand. Sebastian pulls Doc aside at dinner and tries to talk to him, but neither of them shows any enthusiasm to settle things long-term. Ted and Sebastian start to have second thoughts about the name "FIST". Sebastian has an interview scheduled, but he becomes hard to find and to convince after he decides to "be ready". During a rehearsal, Jason's thumb falls numb and painful, so he visits a doctor and gets an X-ray, who advises a week of testing - something Jason obviously doesn't have time for. While Doc tries to enlist famed producer Rob Cavallo to help the band, Scott is visited by his fiancee, Pearl Aday. The band also disregards the idea of writing a ballad. Rob Cavallo is a music producer who has produced several well-known albums. ... Pearl attended Emerson College in Boston, MA where she majored in creative writing. ...

Episode 4

The Damnocracy logo

Doc enlists Rob Cavallo to tell his opinion about their first song, "Take It Back". Cavallo voices his dislike on the song, telling the band that it's "dated" (which Ted considers an insult) and that the beat should be "more punk-like" (which insults Jason). The band, nevertheless, realizes that their views on the song are far too subjective, and sometimes they need a reality check. Image File history File links Damnocracy. ... Image File history File links Damnocracy. ... Rob Cavallo is a music producer who has produced several well-known albums. ...

Evan finally gets his revenge on Ted, and with the help of Scott, he wakes Ted up by putting his bass amp in front of Ted's door, cranking it up to the maximum and placing the bass nearby so it feeds back and resonantes really loudly. Ted acknowledges the effort, although he states that his doorhandle broke so he couldn't display a white flag to do so.

The band, to much dismay of the management, decides to ditch the name "FIST", and starts wondering about another one. Evan and Scott come up with "Godwar", partly because it's "raw dog" spelled backwards. Sebastian (according to Jason, not entirely surprisingly) disregards the name, and insists on his choice, "Savage Animal", albeit at this radio interview, he only mentions that the band has a couple of ideas. During the final band meeting, Scott notes that things would work much better if it wasn't for the "damn democracy", which ignites Sebastian to come up with "Damnocracy". The band (and the management) finally agrees. Sebastian's wife Maria Bierk and Evan's wife Tera Patrick also arrive. Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins Shapiro on July 25, 1976) is an American pornographic actress. ...

Sebastian also starts to show the repercussions of his wine consumption, at one point having a near-romantic talk to a quite puzzled Scott about how he would never change a guitar player. He also insists that the band should watch his performance on TV in the show The Gilmore Girls - something no one really seems to enjoy besides him. Regarded by fans as the best female oriented drama on television Gilmore Girls is an hour-long American television drama/comedy that has aired since 2000, completing five seasons, with a six season widely expected to be officially announced on May 17 [2005]]. It airs on The WB network in...

At dinner, Jason notes that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page recommended the band to do a cover of the Led Zeppelin song, "Out on the Tiles", because Zeppelin never performed it live. Since it's a song that was born after an idea by Jason's father, John Bonham (who's death also had the 25th anniversary in 2005), the band decides to pay tribute and rehearse the song, albeit all of them point out that playing a Led Zeppelin song recommended by Led Zeppelin comes with a large responsibility. The song's vocal range, however, seems to be a difficulty for Sebastian, who also insists on having constant eye-contact with Jason during songs, something that Jason doesn't quite understand. Robert Plant performing live in 1975. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band. ... Out on the Tiles is a song from Led Zeppelin III. It was born out of a little ditty that Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham used to sing when the band was going out to play. ... John Bonham in 1972 John Henry Bonzo Bonham (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980), was a British drummer and member of the highly successful rock band Led Zeppelin. ...

Tera and Evan decide to do a photo shoot, only to later convince Maria to join in and make some photos together. Sebastian enjoys immensely, but Ted says he is turned off by public displays of sex and leaves.

Episode 5

The band discusses their next day warm-up performance, during which Sebastian and Jason debate their stage show, and while Sebastian insists the drummer to look into his eye, Jason simply prefers to play his own thing and others to follow.

Ted takes Scott and Evan to a shooting range, where they fire various heavy weaponry. Jason stays home, because he doesn't like the idea, while Sebastian stays to take a rest. Ted's wife Shemane also arrives, and voices concern about both her attitude not being a "rock-star wife" not fitting in to the other wives, and the constant swearing of the band.

Chris, a graphic artist, brings a promotional painting of the superheroic likenesses band he was working on, which amazes the group, save Scott, who's a bit sad about his character looking like "mashed potato". Jason suggests to auction the picture for charity.

Sebastian eventually reaches a low point in inebriation, and starts to ramble during a rehearsal and recording session of a ballad they recently wrote. He insists on Evan to noogie him, and when that happens, the two jokingly start to wrestle on the floor. As soon as Scott can be heard "Here we go..." (and later noting that "I just looked at Jason and said 'This is gonna get serious in about ten seconds'", possibly refering to experiences he previously talked about in Behind the Music when Anthrax's Charlie Benante and Frank Bello would fight the same way in the studio), Sebastian turns Evan over and pushes him on the floor, not realizing that Evan hits his head. Evan becomes furious, pushes Sebastian away and tries to punch him. While Sebastian tries to insist that he's just playing, Evan storms out from the room. Scott and Jason tries to mediate, but Sebastian also storms out. A noogie is the act of rubbing ones knuckles on another persons head. ... Charlie Benante is the drummer/guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax. ... Frank Bello replaced Dan Lilker on bass guitar in Anthrax, a thrash metal band, on the Spreading the Disease album. ...

The next day, while Jason updates Ted with the news, Evan is still furious about Sebastian being out of control. Sebastian goes to him to apologize, attributing his out of control, and they end up settling things, albeit Evan clearly states that Sebastian has to cut down on his drinking.

The band gets ready for the performance, although Scott and Jason are worried about playing to "five tourists and ten people holding up Skid Row album covers". The gig eventually turns out to be quite popular, as the band plays "Stranglehold" and "Cat Scratch Fever". The group is satisfied, although Doc points out that the songs weren't as tight as they could've been, something which the band decides to work on. A chokehold or choke is a hold performed on the neck, designed to quickly render the opponent unconscious in order to subdue them or win a fight. ... It has been suggested that Petzetakis disease be merged into this article or section. ...

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Quotes

• Evan Seinfeld: Do we even need keys to this place?
  Scott Ian: Probably not.
• Scott Ian: We weren't in Skid Row, we weren't in Mötley Crüe, we were Anthrax! We didn't leave with the strippers, we just went, spent all our money, and then got on the bus with a boner.
• Ted Nugent: While they're going to strip-bars, I'm doing the important things in life - having a good shit that destroys plumbing!
• Sebastian Bach: (about naming the band) How bout Celebutard?
• Sebastian Bach (about applying makeup): I was doing this when Good Charlotte was a stain on daddy's pant leg.
• Jason Bonham: I saw a CD on the bed with "FIST" written on it... I just hope we're not called "FIST."
• Sebastian Bach: My chick will be here in seven minutes!
  Tera Patrick: I'll let you have the first kiss...
  Sebastian Bach: You can have her first if I get to watch!
• Ted Nugent: We're not a bunch of dumb fucking teenagers
  Evan Seinfeld: Hey, speak for yourself...
• (on a photoshoot)
  Sebastian Bach: I don't like the shadow behind my leg...
  Ross Halfin: I'm just trying to get one on the whole thing-- Just let me do what I need to do, I don't tell you how to fucking sing...
  Jay, PR-guy (in retrospect): After the week we had, it's really nice to see somebody else work with them... and give them a hard time...
• Ted Nugent (about waking up his bandmates early): I've got news for ya - though the knee-jerk assumption would be that the wimp goes to bed early, no, it's the wimp that sleeps in near where I come from.
• Ted Nugent: I'm such a fan of cute. In fact, the cuter the critter, the sweeter the meat when it comes to barbecue, so cute is not just an aesthetic, it's actually a protein.
• Sebastian Bach: Everybody has this image of rock and roll to do a shot of Jack and you've got a track... I hate to disappoint everybody, but the more you sleep, the better you sing...
• Doc McGhee: It's a great track... if it was 1982...
• Jay, PR-guy (about the band's logo ideas): It's really hard to say, "oh, by the way, that idea sucks"... like, a coffee-cup with crossed guitars? That's FIST?
• Sebastian Bach (on how he keeps alert during a show): If I see some guy punch some chick, I'll say "Stop the fucking show!"
  Scott Ian: That's part of my gig though, I punch a chick...
  (rest of the band bursts out in laughter)
• Ted Nugent (in retrospect about one of Tera Patrick's friends at dinner after the first performance): You know, my eyesight is 20-20, but in HIND-sight, I did have 20-20 sight on one of those hinds actually. I thought the gal next to me wanted to be a carpenter or a plumber when she grew up, because she had the asscrack going.
• Sebastian Bach: Rock and roll is a savage animal!
• Jason Bonham: It's going to be like Spinal Tap, with nobody there. Twenty people and nine kids holding up Skid Row albums going, "Sebastian!"
• Jason Bonham (on refusing Ted's offer to go to a shooting range): Nothing against Ted, but... I'm British.
• Scott Ian (in retrospect on Sebastian's fight with Evan): I turned around to Jason and I said, "This is gonna get serious in about ten seconds."
• Jason Bonham (explaining the fight to Ted): Scott saw Evan go really to clock him one, and he was like "No, Evan!"... At that point I thought, "I suppose that's the end of the session now."
• Valerie, PR-girl: I don't like porn, I don't like guns... I don't fit in this house.
• Scott Ian: I don't think the word "Fuck" is offensive, i like it because it describes something i like to do.
• Ted Nugent (in retrospective to the feud between him and Danushka): I think we need to tell Danushka that if you've got a good fire, I'll add fuel to the fire. But if you've got an asshole fire going, I'm bringing gasoline to that party!
• Danushka (after Evan spills some coffee on the floor): You can clean it up too afterwards.
  Evan Seinfeld: ... Fucking bitch on wheels, eh?
  Danushka: Did you just call me a fucking bitch?
  Evan Seinfeld: On wheels!

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External links

• Official site
• Damnocracy home