formed a rock group, Damnation

In 1990 future members of Bodyjar formed a rock group, Damnation, in Melbourne with Cameron Baines on guitar, Ben Petterson on guitar, Grant Relf on bass guitar and Charles Zerafa on drums. Baines, Petterson and Relf had grown up in the same Melbourne suburb of Vermont and attended the same primary schools. Damnation recorded two demos, Demo and Grow , before changing their name to Helium in 1992, as a pop punk group. That group issued a demo, Bodyjar , in 1992 and followed with an album, You Can’t Hold Me Down , on Shagpile Records in October that year. It was co-produced by the band with Phil Rose (of Nursery Crimes ) at Argenteuil Studios, Richmond. By 1994 Helium changed their name again, to Bodyjar, as a punk rock band.