THE DAMNED Frontman DAVE VANIAN About THE NEW YORK DOLLS
23 September 2023
The Damned frontman about his favorite band in the early punk days.
Hello ladies.
The Damned
Promote This! DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED (1977)
24 July 2023
Brit-punk gunslingers THE DAMNED were the first punk band to release an LP.
The album titled DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED was produced by Nick Lowe
and released by legendary indie label Stiff Records, on 18 February 1977.
Brian James (songwriter/guitarist) about the messy album cover: “That was
organised by this photographer called Peter Kodick, Stiff Records had assigned him
to do the thing. They thought it was a jolly wheeze to surprise us with a few cream
cakes, little knowing that we would relish it, get into to it and enjoy the whole
experience”.
Captain Sensible bassist: “I had more pie on my face than any of the other buggers
and on the back of the sleeve I had my back to the picture, so I went down a photo booth
and got some pictures, cut one out and said ‘put that on there’ so I would have something
to show my relatives, because I didn’t think we’d be invited to make another album.”
The still unanswered question is: did your sister like it?
ALBUM
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THE DAMNED Back In Punk Town With New Nightmare ‘THE INVISIBLE MAN’
New striking strokes
6 February 2023
THE DAMNED are one of those
70s British punk outfits that have
no expiration date.
They’ll rumble and roll until their last breath.
They just announced album #12. It’s called
Darkadelic and lands on 28th April.
Pre-order info here.
With first taster THE INVISIBLE MAN it’s back to their horror-ific
graveyard days. Nightmare punk rock at its Damned best.
Wicked stuff.
Wicked video.
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I’ll be there.
They’re still a new rose in town.
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You can order the album here.
THE DAMNED Were NEAT NEAT NEAT In 1977
4 December 2022
Band: THE DAMNED
Single: NEAT NEAT NEAT
From their 1977 awesome-debut-punk
longplayer Damned Damned Damned
Dave Dave Dave
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Poster This! T.REX And THE DAMNED – 1977
Great concert posters from the past…
T.REX and THE DAMNED
Birmingham UK
17th March 1977
‘ELOISE’ By BARRY RYAN – Written By His Twin Brother PAUL – Both Born This Day In 1948
24 October 2022
British identical twins PAUL & BARRY RYAN were both singer-songwriters who started
as a duo and had some hits together. The biggest Ryan one for the family was ELOISE. A supreme symphonic pop opus performed solo by Barry, but written by Paul. It peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart when it came out in 1968.
The Ryan brothers were born 74 years ago today , on 24 October 1948. Paul died of cancer in 1992, aged 44 and Barry passed away last year after complications from a lung disorder. R.I.P.
Here’s that 24 Carat gold pop pearl…
Punk legends The Damned scored a #1 hit wuth their version in the UK in 1986.
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Waking Up With… A Damned Rose
Works faster than caffeine
I got a feeling inside of me
It’s kind of strange like a stormy sea
I don’t know why I don’t know why
I guess these things have got to be
I gotta new rose I got it good
Guess I knew that I always would
I can’t stop to mess around
I got a brand new rose in town
See the sun see the sun it shines
Don’t get too close or it’ll burn your eyes
Don’t you run away that way
You can come back another day
I got a new rose I got it good
Guess I knew that I always would
I can’t stop to mess around
I got a brand new rose in town
I never thought this could happen to me
This is strange why should it be
I don’t deserve somebody this great
I’d better go or it’ll be too late
I got a feeling inside of me
It’s kind of strange like a stormy sea
I don’t know why I don’t know why
I guess these things have got to be
I got a new rose I got her good
Guess I knew that I always would
I can’t stop to mess around
I got a brand new rose in town
Poster This! THE DAMNED – Hollywood 1986
Great concert posters from the past
THE DAMNED
Hollywood Palladium
1986
Once upon a time, they were the New Rose in town…
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Amazing Artwork! THE DAMNED 40 Years Ago
Only for your eyes
Band: THE DAMNED
Who: Infamous London punks who jumped on the scene in 1976 with the by now legendary line-up featuring singer Dave Vanian (David Lett), bassist Captain Sensible (Raymond Burns), guitarist Brian James (Brian Robertson) and Rat Scabies (Christopher Millar).
Artwork: Cover of their fifth LP STRAWBERRIES
released 40 years ago this year (15 October 1982).
Dave Vanian (frontman): “We were playing a lot of new material, and we had an audience that didn’t want to hear about anything, they just wanted to hear “Neat Neat Neat” and “New Rose,” nothing else. And they wanted to just smash everything. And they weren’t interested in hearing music at all. So at one point, I turned around and said, ‘It’s like giving strawberries to
a fucking pig, this gig, you know?’ And that stuck in our minds, and we used it”.
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2022 Tour
(With original line-up)
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