| This Months Punk In Print BOOKS PUNKS DEAD JUNE 2012 SEARCH AND DESTROY 1-6 COMMANDO JOHNNY RAMONE 2012 VIOLENCE GIRL ALICE BAG 2011 TOUCH AND GO FANZINE BIBIOGRAPHY CBGB'S OMFUG BLIGHT AT THE END OF THE FUNNEL FROM THE VELVETS TO THE VOIDOIDS THE DAY THE COUNTRY DIED 2006 THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PUNK 2008 ZINES MORE NOISE #9 2012 BALDCACTUS #28 2011 VIVE LE ROCK #8 Sept/oct 2012 FAILSAFE #9 2012 ARTCORE #29 JANUARY 2012 EATEN ALIVE # 25 EATEN ALIVE #24 BEAT MOTEL #3 SEPT 2005 SMASHED IMAGES #3 NOV 2005 |
| THIS MONTHS BACKDROP is a shot from the 'Damned's Disciple' Song Book featuring a rather rabid Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Brian James in a shot that reflects the album's spirit circa '76. |
| THIS MONTHS PLAYLIST THE DAMNED - 'Damned Damned Damned' Box Set HOOLIGAN - 'No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs' 45 2012 BIG G - 'I Hate The Whole Human Race' CD 2012 SEX PISTOLS - 'Deluxe Box set' DVD/CD 2012 THE AVENGERS - 'Pink Album' CD 2012 THIS MONTHS YOUTUBE Is the Damned's fantastic high quality, low budget but high octane 'New Rose' video, shot at London's Hope And Anchor in October 1976. THE DAMNED - 'New Rose' THIS MONTHS WEBSITE is the official site for the Damned not as complete as we'd like but still gigging and still as chaotic. THE DAMNED |
| Conceived 1977 Born Summer 1999 reached puberty October 26th 2009 A Punk Rocker Production © 2009-2013 Site best viewed in 1366 x 800 |
| THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO... DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED! Last update: May 12th 2013 |
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FEEL THE PAIN!
I'm in need of some sustenance to quell my misery and embarrassment regarding
my beloved Wolves FC's performance this season. Which has culminated in us
being damned to league 1 for our sins. Or should that read the corrupt board
and millionaire players sins. Sinners who have showed the fans and old gold and
black club legacy total and utter disregard as they turned up for training pissed
up, started shagging each others wags, and were just living on extravagant
£40,000 salaries without even kicking a ball. The thing what kills me is these
fuckers are so happy to pull on the shirt when they arrive and start putting the
coffers in their bank accounts. That within weeks it nearly always turns out they
really don’t give a fuck about the club or the shirt and like everything else its all
down to money boo hoo...cunts! Anyway enough misery, the fans will still be
there when all the parasites have long gone, Stevenage here we come!
Audio wise who should I turn too for an heroin rush and an aural elixir in these
dark foreboding times, but of course my favourite 'vaudeville punk act' (Bryan
James will love that)... The Damned. Who
have recently issued a beautiful box set. In
recent times we've had the expensive Pistols
one, all we need now is a Clash box set and
we'd have a prial of punk gems to feast over.
I may not have been in total awe of The
Damned on this site over the years,
especially after the Captain took over
the reigns. But this 35 year
anniversary box set
celebrating 35 years of
Anarchy, Chaos and
Destruction that was
truly encapsulated
ultimately with the
'Damned Damned Damned'
LP, really does offer the
perfect respite to this depressed Wulfrunian.
Its the first full on attack album that made this thing called punk a true
phenomenon. It became the general publics first experience of a punk album and
the rabid ferocity of punks sound. 'Damned Damned Damned' is just so utterly
fantastic, raw and addictive. Punk rock has never been heard quite like this
before or since. It unleashed the real fierce elements we had been reading about
in all the fleet street newspapers of the day. I couldn't resist this box set's
reduced £36.00 price tag from the Universal stable and I suggest you do the
same. Although 'Damned Damned Damned' ain't quite as elaborate as the
Pistols recent release. The album itself is still the best album to come outta punk
since the benchmark debuts by the Clash, The Ramones or the Sex Pistols.
And what makes this package even more alluring, is they've included the much
sought after 'Damned Disciples' lyric book which quickly became a collectors item
once initial copies of the album had sold out back in 77'. I'd been trying
unsuccessfully to get a copy from the day I seen it's availability on the back of the
LP sleeve but to no avail. So after years of searching and a more intensified hunt
on E-bay more recently which had copies going for upwards of £50 notes that I
always missed out on. I was resigned to missing my chance. However much to my
delight its now been lovingly reprinted in this ultra neat fan friendly sized box set.
So all my Damnedest dreams had come true. If that ain’t all, you also get a large
foldout poster of the band (see above box set pic) which wasn't the best band
shot, but will suffice as its backed with a fabulously detailed Damned family tree
by Pete Frame for all us trivia buffs. Although the 3 main audio discs offer what
was already released back in 2007 on the cheapo Sanctuary 30th anniversary
package (see review). We do get some badges and an extra 4th disc with some
neat radio interviews with members of the band detailing the Damned formative
existence. The book charting the bands career does include some neat rare
photos, but text wise seems a cheap, fast, ride through what we already know
about the Damned. Having said that this box set will definitely keep you
enthralled for a long time
to come and is a must get for any Damned Disciple!
Neat Neat Neatly Yours
Peter Don't Care (May 2013)
I'm in need of some sustenance to quell my misery and embarrassment regarding
my beloved Wolves FC's performance this season. Which has culminated in us
being damned to league 1 for our sins. Or should that read the corrupt board
and millionaire players sins. Sinners who have showed the fans and old gold and
black club legacy total and utter disregard as they turned up for training pissed
up, started shagging each others wags, and were just living on extravagant
£40,000 salaries without even kicking a ball. The thing what kills me is these
fuckers are so happy to pull on the shirt when they arrive and start putting the
coffers in their bank accounts. That within weeks it nearly always turns out they
really don’t give a fuck about the club or the shirt and like everything else its all
down to money boo hoo...cunts! Anyway enough misery, the fans will still be
there when all the parasites have long gone, Stevenage here we come!
Audio wise who should I turn too for an heroin rush and an aural elixir in these
dark foreboding times, but of course my favourite 'vaudeville punk act' (Bryan
James will love that)... The Damned. Who
have recently issued a beautiful box set. In
recent times we've had the expensive Pistols
one, all we need now is a Clash box set and
we'd have a prial of punk gems to feast over.
I may not have been in total awe of The
Damned on this site over the years,
especially after the Captain took over
the reigns. But this 35 year
anniversary box set
celebrating 35 years of
Anarchy, Chaos and
Destruction that was
truly encapsulated
ultimately with the
'Damned Damned Damned'
LP, really does offer the
perfect respite to this depressed Wulfrunian.
Its the first full on attack album that made this thing called punk a true
phenomenon. It became the general publics first experience of a punk album and
the rabid ferocity of punks sound. 'Damned Damned Damned' is just so utterly
fantastic, raw and addictive. Punk rock has never been heard quite like this
before or since. It unleashed the real fierce elements we had been reading about
in all the fleet street newspapers of the day. I couldn't resist this box set's
reduced £36.00 price tag from the Universal stable and I suggest you do the
same. Although 'Damned Damned Damned' ain't quite as elaborate as the
Pistols recent release. The album itself is still the best album to come outta punk
since the benchmark debuts by the Clash, The Ramones or the Sex Pistols.
And what makes this package even more alluring, is they've included the much
sought after 'Damned Disciples' lyric book which quickly became a collectors item
once initial copies of the album had sold out back in 77'. I'd been trying
unsuccessfully to get a copy from the day I seen it's availability on the back of the
LP sleeve but to no avail. So after years of searching and a more intensified hunt
on E-bay more recently which had copies going for upwards of £50 notes that I
always missed out on. I was resigned to missing my chance. However much to my
delight its now been lovingly reprinted in this ultra neat fan friendly sized box set.
So all my Damnedest dreams had come true. If that ain’t all, you also get a large
foldout poster of the band (see above box set pic) which wasn't the best band
shot, but will suffice as its backed with a fabulously detailed Damned family tree
by Pete Frame for all us trivia buffs. Although the 3 main audio discs offer what
was already released back in 2007 on the cheapo Sanctuary 30th anniversary
package (see review). We do get some badges and an extra 4th disc with some
neat radio interviews with members of the band detailing the Damned formative
existence. The book charting the bands career does include some neat rare
photos, but text wise seems a cheap, fast, ride through what we already know
about the Damned. Having said that this box set will definitely keep you
enthralled for a long time
to come and is a must get for any Damned Disciple!
Neat Neat Neatly Yours
Peter Don't Care (May 2013)
