The millennium brought a different look for the Damned and an album to boot. The core nexus of Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible, along with bassist Patricia Morrison,...
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While the Sex Pistols will always have a prominent place in the story of U.K. punk, the Damned did nearly everything first, including the first single, the smoking "New...
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Damned Damned Damned could be considered monumental simply because it was the first British punk record released, but it's also a triumph because the songs, although not...
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Since the Damned did most of their best work at Stiff Records, the appearance of a comprehensive collection like Skip Off School to See the Damned (The Stiff Singles A's &...
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The Damned's period on Ace/Chiswick Records in the late seventies and early eighties was one of the band's busiest, with a slew of EPs and side projects surfacing. Some...
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A very strong set, recorded live in the studio in late 1976, the Damned are at their peak, and some versions here are as good as, if not better than the originals. "Neat,...
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Taking that emotion to a new and darker level, "Wait For The Blackout," "Hit Or Miss," "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" and "History Of The World" are Damned-esque sonically, but...
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The fact that one of its songs is called "Hit or Miss" is quite appropriate for the double-vinyl Black Album; while not perfect, it's definitely got some high points on it....
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Collaborating on the songwriting, Machine Gun Etiquette is more diverse and developed stylistically. Evolving to a new level, both Vanian and the band emote on the pretty...
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Rejoining forces without James, who pursued his own interests from then on (only hooking up with the band again for a late-'80s "farewell" show), the remaining three brought...
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Rock & roll doesn't get much more recklessly fun than the early recordings of the Damned, one of the bands that (along with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and Sham 69) helped...
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Originally released as the fourth side of the double vinyl Black Album, Shepperton got its own identity and a few extra tracks along the way a couple of years later. For a...
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Living up to the album title's boast, the Damned turn in a rather uninspired set of stadium punk anthems, cavernously recorded at the Lyceum in 1981. Aimless jams and...
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Recuperating a bit from The Black Album's uneven impact while still aiming to try whatever they want in studio, here the same four members, along with soon-to-be regular...
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Verging on vampire-like, keyboard-laden rock opera, goth-rock tracks "Grimly Fiendish" and "Shadow Of Love" make full use of Vanian's spooky vocals, black cape and...
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By the time the Damned found themselves on a major label after nine years of ups, downs, and all arounds, a big change had taken place: Captain Sensible, with both his own...
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More polished and commercial, Vanian takes the latest version of the Damned on a swirling journey from "Anything" to "Alone Again Or" to "Psychomania." Clean and bright yet...
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Anyone expecting a fully organized compilation from this double-disc effort will be sorely disappointed; while the years for release dates are mentioned, the sources for...
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Rumors of the band's breakup were, once again, flying at the time of this release, thus the title, but more than a few relapses have occurred. The concert that was captured,...
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Like just about all great UK bands worth their salt, the Damned appeared more than a few times on legendary DJ John Peel's BBC show, laying down versions of many of their...
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Emerging in 1997 as part of Cleopatra's reissue/release series of nearly everything Damned it could get its hands on, Fiendish Shadows documents a show or shows (recording...
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Seventy-five minutes of some of the...damnedest music of the late 1970s. The 22 songs here constitute some highlights of the group's early output, mostly for Chiswick, prior...
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Eternal Damnation Live is a rather low-budget reissue of some rare Damned concert performances; Dave Henson's liner notes offer no documentation about when or where these...
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Of the first wave of British punk groups, the Damned got there first, and stuck around a lot longer than the vast majority of their peers, leaving behind a large and...
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No, it wasn't really Captain Sensible's birthday when the Damned played the November 27, 1977, show at London's Roundhouse from which this eight-song EP was drawn (hence its...
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Molten Lager is an extremely great-sounding 6/23/94 show from Mulhouse, France. If you like the Kris Dollimore, Moose, and Alan Lee Shaw lineup -- I've never cared for them...
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