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The Damned
UK punk band
Formed in 1976
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About
The Damned are an English rock band formed in London in 1976 by lead vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, bassist (and later guitarist) Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies. They were the first punk band from the United Kingdom to release a single, "New Rose" (1976), release a studio album, Damned Damned Damned (1977) and tour the United States. The band briefly dissolved after their second album, Music for Pleasure (1977), was critically dismissed. They re-formed without Brian James and released Machine Gun Etiquette (1979).
In the 1980s, they achieved success playing gothic and psychedelic rock, with nine of the band's singles charting in the UK singles chart top 40. That decade saw the release of four studio albums: The Black Album (1980), Strawberries (1982), Phantasmagoria (1985) and Anything (1986). The latter two albums did not feature Sensible, who had left the band in 1984. In 1988, James and Sensible rejoined to play a series of reunion gigs, one of which was released the next year as the live album Final Damnation (1989).
The Damned again re-formed for a tour in 1991. In 1995, a lineup with Vanian and Scabies released a new studio album, Not of This Earth, against Vanian's wishes, leading to Scabies' departure from the band for nearly thirty years. This was followed by the return of Captain Sensible, and the albums Grave Disorder (2001), So, Who's Paranoid? (2008) and Evil Spirits (2018), which was their first studio album in the Official Charts top 10 list. and Darkadelic (2023), which also made the top 10. In November 2023, Scabies rejoined, and their 2026 covers album, Not Like Everybody Else, was the first Damned album to feature three members from the classic lineup in over forty years.
They have been recognised as influential in the development of numerous genres, including punk rock, gothic rock, and hardcore punk, as well as influential to popular bands that came after them.
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The Damned (prononcé en anglais : [ðə dæmd]) est un groupe de punk rock britannique, originaire de Croydon, dans la banlieue de Londres, en Angleterre. Il est l'un des premiers groupes du genre dans la scène locale. Formés en 1976, les Damned évolueront ensuite vers un style musical proche de la new wave. Ils sont aussi considérés comme les inspirateurs du rock gothique. Neuf de leurs singles sont classés dans le top 40 de l'UK Singles Chart.
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Past shows
- Huntington · Paramount - Long Island
- Norwalk · District Music Hall
Discography
Albums
- 1977 Damned Damned Damned
- 1977 Music for Pleasure
- 1979 Machine Gun Etiquette
- 1980 The Black Album
- 1982 Strawberries
- 1985 Phantasmagoria
- 1986 Anything
- 1995 Not of This Earth
- 2001 Grave Disorder
- 2008 So, Who’s Paranoid?
- 2018 Evil Spirits
- 2023 Darkadelic
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EPs
- 1981 Friday 13th EP
- 1984 John Peel Session November 1979
- 1987 The Peel Sessions
- 1997 Testify
- 2020 The Rockfield Files
Singles
- 1976 New Rose
- 1977 Neat Neat Neat
- 1977 Stretcher Case Baby
- 1977 Problem Child
- 1977 Don’t Cry Wolf
- 1979 Love Song
- 1979 Smash It Up
- 1979 I Just Can’t Be Happy Today
- 1980 White Rabbit
- 1980 The History of the World, Part 1
- 1980 There Ain’t No Sanity Clause
- 1981 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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- 1982 Wait for the Blackout
- 1982 Lovely Money
- 1982 Dozen Girls
- 1982 Lively Arts
- 1982 Generals
- 1984 Thanks for the Night
- 1985 Grimly Fiendish
- 1985 The Shadow of Love
- 1985 Is It a Dream
- 1986 Gigolo
- 1986 Eloise
- 1986 Anything
- 1987 Alone Again Or
- 1987 In Dulce Decorum
- 1988 I’m a Believer Live
- 1991 Fun Factory
- 1991 Prokofiev
- 1996 Shut It
- 1998 Disco Man
- 2005 Little Miss Disaster
- 2019 Black Is the Night
- 2025 Neat Neat Neat
- 2025 There’s a Ghost in My House
- Anarchy in the UK / Riot Forces
