Hammer Damage brought up the tail end of Akron’s storied ’70s punk/underground rock scene, forming in 1978 when drummer Mike Hammer and guitarist Donnie Damage left the Rubber City Rebels to start ...

"A lot of the reasons people were attracted to it in the first place still apply," Cabaniss said of punk music. "Its fun. It isn't all full of itself, it's just fun. I think that's why it's popular." ...

Two weeks ago, Akron was the epicenter of a wormhole that sucked patrons of the Lime Spider into the past -- and a head-on collision with Hammer Damage. During two nights of reunion concerts (for the ...

A star attraction on the Northeast Ohio punk-new wave scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s, the Akron band Hammer Damage will appear in concert Saturday at the Tangier at 532 W. Market St. in Akron.