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Damned Damned Damned (Album) by The Damned

Artist Biography For The Damned

The Damned Is A Punk Rock Band Started In 1976 In London UK. Despite Being One Of The Definitive Early Punk Bands They Were Also One Of The Most Ambitious With Their Later Albums Moving Away From Gothic Rock To Psychedelic Rock. They Are Notable For Being The First Of The British Punk Bands To Release A Single Put Out An Album And Tour The United States. Their Debut Album Damned Damned Damned Was Released Six Months Before The Sex Pistols' Debut Never Mind The Bollocks. The Damned Have Dissolved And Reformed Many Times With Singer Dave Vanian Remaining The Sole Constant. They Have Incorporated Many Styles In Their Music Most Notably Garage Rock Psychedelic Music The British Theatrical Rock Of Screaming Lord Sutch And The Sensational Alex Harvey Band And New Romantic. In Addition To Serving As Inspiration For Many Of The Young Bands Who Created Hardcore Punk In The US The Damned Are Also Generally Regarded As One Of The Founders Of Goth Music. Original Members Dave Vanian David Lett Captain Sensible Raymond Burns And Rat Scabies Chris Millar Were All Members Of The Semi-Legendary Masters Of The Backside Which Included Future Pretenders Frontwoman Chrissie Hynde. Original Guitarist Brian James Brian Robertson Was A Member Of The Early Punk Band London SS A Unit That Never Played Live But Whose Members Later Found Fame In Bands Including The Clash And Generation X. Rat Scabies Was Also Tried As The Drummer For London SS But Was Rejected. Maintaining The Goth Connection Between 1996 And 2004 The Bass Guitarist Of The Damned Was One-Time The Sisters Of Mercy / The Sisterhood / Gun Club Member Patricia Morrison. Morrison Married Dave Vanian In 1996 But Left The Band After The Birth Of Their Daughter Emily. She Originally Joined The Band After Bassist Paul Grey Was Injured During A Concert. Discography Damned Damned Damned – February 25 1977 # 36 Music For Pleasure – November 18 1977
Machine Gun Etiquette – November 2 1979 # 31 The Black Album – October 20 1980 # 29 Strawberries – October 1 1982 # 15 Phantasmagoria – July 15 1985 # 11 Anything – December 5 1986 # 40 Not Of This Earth – November 11 1995 Retitled I'm Alright Jack & The Beanstalk In The UK Germany And Sweden Grave Disorder – August 21 2001
So Who's Paranoid? – October 28 2008
Evil Spirits – April 13 2018
Darkadelic - April 28 2023

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Damned Damned Damned Is The Debut Studio Album By English Punk Rock Band The Damned. It Was Released On 18 February 1977 By Stiff Records. Produced By Nick Lowe Damned Damned Damned Was The First Full-Length Album Released By A UK Punk Group. After The Success Of "New Rose" And A Tour With The Sex Pistols The Heartbreakers And The Clash The Band Went Into Pathway Studios To Record The Album Damned Damned Damned With Producer Nick Lowe Who Had Previously Recorded "New Rose" With Them. Following 10 Days Of Recording The Mix Was Completed On 15 January 1977 The Day The Master Tapes Were Compiled. The Album Cover Features The Four Members Of The Band After They Were Hit By Pies. Guitarist Brian James Recalled "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". After The Photo Session Damned Bassist Captain Sensible Noted "... 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". Stiff Deliberately Printed A Limited Number Of Initial Copies Of The LP With A Photo Of Eddie And The Hot Rods On The Back Of The Album Cover Rather Than The Damned Playing At The Roxy. An "erratum" Sticker Was Also Put On The Back Cover And On The Front Of The LP - On Top Of The Original Shrink Wrap - Was A Red "food-Fight" Sticker That Said "Damned Damned" Thus Completing The LP Title When Read Underneath The Band's Name. Stiff Was Known For Such Unusual Promotional Activity. As Of 2009 A Copy Of This Rare Print Which Still Had Both Stickers And The Shrink Wrap Intact Slit-Open Or Sealed Fetched £200-500 Depending On Condition. The Album Design Was Credited To Big Jobs Inc A Pseudonym Of Barney Bubbles.