Thomas Edward "Tom" Wisse (November 12, 1949 – August 11, 1995), known professionally as Damon Edge, was an American musician.

[1][2] He started the band Chrome in 1976,[1] taking inspiration from some of his teachers at Cal Arts and from a trip to Europe, where he heard Arabic music for the first time.

He began working at MGM and jamming with other musicians to create soundtracks for film.

Edge and Shine returned to the U.S. in 1988, living in the Hollywood Hills, but they divorced in the early 1990s.

[1] In August 1995[3] Edge was found dead in his Redondo Beach apartment in California.