Names

Spoiler alert. My name will be revealed!

When I was born, I was given a Korean name, as I was in South Korea. When I came to the US, my parents gave me a new name. They called me "Alex," but that's actually not my first name.

My mom really liked the name Christian but didn't like "Alexander Christian" so I became "Christian Alexander". My dad really liked the name Damien and kinda snuck it in at the last minute. The name comes from his cousin's son. So there it is. I have two middle names, and go by the first one in most cases. "Christian Alexander Damien". My last name isn't all that important to the story.

Now for the name I have assumed: Damien. You might be thinking, "Dude, it's just your middle name!" Well when it came to deciding on a pseudonym for myself, I suppose it started with the middle name my parents gave me. But I've come to think of it more as a little more sinister. For no other reason than I can. It's ok, I can do that, 'cause I'm a dork. Basically, I set out to find a cool name to call myself on stage. I settled on "Damien Blair" after an afternoon of pretty much nothing but thinking about stage names. I guess I was thinking, "Well Slash is really 'Saul Hudson' so why can't I have a cool name?"

It turns out that my parents didn't want to call me Damien because The Omen had just come out. I fully embrace the irony. Because I can.