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When Mike Hammer and Donny Damage bowed out of Akron, OH's Rubber City Rebels, they wasted no time in forming a band that would top anything their previous groug would ever do. Hammer Damages sole 45 lassos the best elements of punk, pop and hard rock, delivering a killer one-two punch in the snotty 'Laugh' and the infectious, anthemic 'Automatic Lips.' Sadly, major labels and critics were blind to this foursome's genius during the feeding frenzy that spawned much-lauded LPs by Devo & the Bizzaros, but you can correct their oversight by nabbing this reissue of one of the best singles in the KBD canon.