The Damned
Dave Vanian performing live with The Damned at Cleethorpes in August 2006
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Punk rock, Gothic rock[1][2][3]
Years active	1976 - Present
Label(s)	Nitro Records
Website	officialdamned.com
Members
Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Monty Oxy Moron Pinch Stu West
Former members
Brian James Rat Scabies Lu Edmunds Algy Ward Paul Gray Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Kris Dollimore Jon Moss Allan Lee Shaw Jason "Moose" Harris Patricia Morrison

The Damned are an English punk and gothic rock band formed in London in 1976.^[4][5][6] They were the first punk band from England to release a single ("New Rose"), release an album (Damned Damned Damned), and tour the United States. // Religious In Western Christian belief, damnation to hell is the punishment of God for persons with unredeemed sin. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Official logo of Nitro Records. ... David Vanian is and has always been the core of the seminal alternative punk band; The Damned. ... Captain Sensible, performing live with The Damned in 2006. ... Monty Oxy Moron plays keyboards for The Damned. ... Pinch (born Andrew Pinching on 5 September 1965 in Grantham, Lincolnshire) is the current drummer in punk band The Damned. ... Stu West (born in Lincolnshire) is the current bassist in British punk band The Damned. ... Brian James is a British rock and roll guitarist who played in the pioneering punk band, The Damned, and later in The Lords of the New Church. ... Scabies at the time of the release of The Damned single New Rose, October 1976 Christopher Miller (born 30 July 1957), better known by the stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned. ... Robert Lu Edmunds is a British rock and folk musician, born in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. ... Born Alisdair Ward, Algy has been an on & off (when friends) bass player with The Damned. ... Paul Gray (born August 1, 1958 at Rochford, Essex, England) was the bassist for the punk rock band The Damned. ... Roman Jugg (born July 15, 1957 in Caerphilly, South Wales) is a keyboard player and guitarist. ... Jon Moss (born Jonathan Aubrey Moss, 11 September 1957, Wandsworth, London, England) is the former drummer for the bands Culture Club, London (including their single Everyones A Winner and album, Animal Games), Adam and the Ants (drums on the song, Cartrouble), The Damned, The Nipple Erectors[1] and (briefly... Allan Lee Shaw is a long time friend and collaborator of Rat Scabies (The Damned & Nosferatu)& Brian James of (The Lords of the New Church, The Damned, & solo work). ... Moose Harris (b. ... Patricia Morrison (born January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... New Rose was the first single by The Damned. ... Damned, Damned, Damned is the debut album by the punk rock band The Damned. ...

The Damned have incorporated many different styles into their music and image, including: garage rock, psychedelic rock, cabaret, and the theatrical rock of Screaming Lord Sutch and Alex Harvey. Vanian's vocal style has been described as similar to a crooner.^[7] The Damned have dissolved and reformed many times, with singer Dave Vanian as the sole constant member. However, the lineups have always included either guitarist Captain Sensible and/or drummer Rat Scabies, who are both founding members. As of 2007, the line-up included Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Monty Oxy Moron, Pinch, and Stu West. Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... David Edward Sutch (or Screaming Lord Sutch) (November 10, 1940 – June 16, 1999) was an English musician, politician and maverick. ... Alex Harvey (February 5, 1935 - February 4, 1982) was a Scottish rock and roll recording artist. ... Left To Right, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. ... David Vanian is and has always been the core of the seminal alternative punk band; The Damned. ... Captain Sensible, performing live with The Damned in 2006. ... Scabies at the time of the release of The Damned single New Rose, October 1976 Christopher Miller (born 30 July 1957), better known by the stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned. ... Monty Oxy Moron plays keyboards for The Damned. ... Pinch (born Andrew Pinching on 5 September 1965 in Grantham, Lincolnshire) is the current drummer in punk band The Damned. ... Stu West (born in Lincolnshire) is the current bassist in British punk band The Damned. ...

Pre-formation

Original Damned members Dave Vanian (David Lett), Captain Sensible (Raymond Burns), and Rat Scabies (Chris Millar) had been members of the Masters of the Backside, which included future Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde. Original Damned guitarist Brian James (Brian Robertson) had been a member of the punk band London SS, who never played live but included musicians who later found fame in The Clash and Generation X. Scabies auditioned as drummer for London SS, but was rejected. James and Scabies had invited Sid Vicious and Dave Vanian to audition to be the singer of The Damned. Only Vanian showed up, and thus became the frontman of the band.^[8] David Vanian is and has always been the core of the seminal alternative punk band; The Damned. ... Captain Sensible, performing live with The Damned in 2006. ... Scabies at the time of the release of The Damned single New Rose, October 1976 Christopher Miller (born 30 July 1957), better known by the stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Pretenders are an Anglo-American rock band. ... Chrissie Hynde (born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the band The Pretenders. ... Brian James is a British rock and roll guitarist who played in the pioneering punk band, The Damned, and later in The Lords of the New Church. ... London SS was Mick Jones and Paul Simonons band prior to joining up with Joe Strummer and Terry Chimes to form The Clash. ... This article is about the English punk rock band. ... Generation X were a pop-influenced punk rock band, formed on 21 November 1976 by Billy Idol, Tony James and John Towe. ... For the professional wrestler, see Sid Eudy. ... David Vanian is and has always been the core of the seminal alternative punk band; The Damned. ...

Mid-1970s early punk phase

The Damned played their first gig on July 6, 1976, supporting the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club. They were the first of the London punk bands to release a single on the independent record label Stiff Records. That single, "New Rose", was described by critic Ned Raggett as a "deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst."^[9] Vanian's deadpan intro — "Is she really going out with him?", was borrowed from The Shangri-Las' 1964 "Leader of the Pack". The B-side of "New Rose" was a faster version of The Beatles' "Help!". Their first album, Damned Damned Damned, was the first album released by a British punk band, and it included several minor hits. is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sex Pistols are an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... The 100 Club is a music venue situated at 100, Oxford Street, London W1, UK. The 100 Club has a legendary status within the history of modern British music, having played live music since 24 October 1942. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Stiff Records logo Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera), and active until 1985. ... For other uses, see Angst (disambiguation). ... The Shangri-Las on the cover of a modern collection of their works. ... Leader of the Pack is a 1964 pop song recorded by girl group The Shangri-Las. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Music sample Help! Problems? See media help. ... Damned, Damned, Damned is the debut album by the punk rock band The Damned. ...

In March 1977, The Damned opened for T.Rex on their final tour. The Damned then recruited a second guitarist, Lu Edmunds; a move inspired in part by the dual guitar sound of MC5, and possibly engineered by Brian James in order to keep Captain Sensible on bass, where he wouldn't overshadow James. This expanded line-up unsuccessfully tried to recruit the reclusive Syd Barrett to produce their second album Music For Pleasure. They settled for Barrett's Pink Floyd bandmate, Nick Mason, who they reported was generally uninterested in the task. The album featured an appearance by free jazz saxophone player Lol Coxhill. Music for Pleasure flopped critically and commercially and the band broke up, ending their relationship with Stiff Records. For other uses, see March (disambiguation). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... T.Rex (originally known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, also occasionally spelt T Rex or T-Rex), were an English rock band fronted by Marc Bolan. ... Robert Lu Edmunds is a British rock and folk musician, born in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. ... MC5 (short for Motor City Five) was a hard rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1964 and active until 1972. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored musical instrument usually considered a member of the woodwind family. ... Lowen Coxhill, almost universally known as Lol Coxhill, born September 19, 1932, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, is a free improvising saxophonist. ... Stiff Records logo Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera), and active until 1985. ...

According to Brendan Mullen, founder of the Los Angeles club The Masque, the Damned's first tour of the U.S. in 1977 found them favoring very fast tempos, helping to inspire the first wave of U.S. west coast hardcore punk.^[10] Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Brendan Mullen in 2003 The Masque was a small punk rock club in central Hollywood, California which existed intermittently from 1977 to 1979. ... Hardcore Punk is a subgenre of Punk Rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ...

Late 1970s

Brian James, until then the band's main songwriter, left in 1978 (later co-founding The Lords of the New Church). The band splintered, and a series of brief side projects and solo recordings were released, making little commercial impact. The Damned soon tentatively reformed, blaming James for their decline and split; performing at first as The Dimmed and The Doomed to avoid potential trademark problems. Sensible had switched to guitar and keyboards. After a brief period with Lemmy of Hawkwind and Motörhead on bass for studio demos and a handful of live appearances^[11], the bassist position was filled by Algy Ward, formerly of The Saints. The band recorded more demos, gained a deal with Chiswick Records, and went back to the studio to record another album. The collaboration with Lemmy resulted (in 1979) in an outfit which was periodically billed as MotorDamned. The Lords of the New Church were a punk rock supergroup. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... Lemmy (born Ian Fraser Kilmister on December 24, 1945, also known as Ian Willis, Lemmy Kilmister, and Lemmy von Motörhead), is an English singer and bass guitarist, most famous for being the founding member of the heavy metal band Motörhead. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the band. ... Born Alisdair Ward, Algy has been an on & off (when friends) bass player with The Damned. ... {{Infobox_band | band_name = The Saints | image = | years_active = 1974–present | origin = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | status = On tour, promoting their new album Imperious Delirium music_genre = Punk Alternative rock | record_label = Harvest Records Sire Mushroom Records | current_members = Chris Bailey Caspar Wijnberg Peter Wilkinson<br The Saints are an influential Australian punk band, formed in Brisbane... Chiswick Records was a British record company started by Roger Armstrong and Ted Carroll in 1975 as a subsidiary of Rock On Records. ...

The Damned released a series of singles leading up to 1979's Machine Gun Etiquette, which featured a strong 1960s garage rock influence, with Farfisa organ in several songs. Sensible had become the band's main songwriter, and played keyboards on the album as well as lead guitar. The Damned had been recording at Wessex Studios at the same time The Clash were there to record London Calling. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones made an uncredited vocal appearance on the title track. Fans and critics were pleasantly surprised, and Machine Gun Etiquette received largely positive reviews; Ira Robbins and Jay Pattyn describe it as "A great record by a band many had already counted out."^[12] Machine Gun Etiquette is the third album by the British punk band the Damned. ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. ... Farfisa is a brand name for a series of electronic organs and later multitimbral keyboards, made in Ancona in the Marche region of Italy. ... This article is about the English punk rock band. ... This article is about the album. ... John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002), better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. ... For the Spooky Tooth and Foreigner guitarist, see Mick Jones (Foreigner). ...

With the arrival of Ward, the band was operating with a full, tight rhythm section. Vanian's vocals had expanded from the high-baritone barks of the early records to a smooth, proto-Gothic crooning style. The Damned had established a dark, melodic style that was sometimes fast and loud, and other times relaxed with dominant keyboards. Although their records were only sporadically available in the United States, The Damned had a sizable cult following in that country. A version of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" was released as a single, with a new Damned song, "Rabid", on the B-side. For other uses, see Baritone (disambiguation). ... A crooner is a singer (usually male) of a certain kind of popular music, often called Standards or American Standards. ... This article does not discuss cultist groups, personality cults, or cult in its original sense of religious practice. See cult (disambiguation) for more meanings of the term cult. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of pop culture. ... Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ... White Rabbit was a single by The Damned. ...

1980s goth image

1984 appearance on The Young Ones.

From nearly the beginning, Vanian affected a vampire-like appearance onstage, with chalk-white makeup and formal dress. With The Black Album, the band turned into a proto-goth ensemble. The album's centerpiece is Dave Vanian's 17+ minute goth rock Magnum Opus "Curtain Call." Ward had left at this point, and was replaced by Paul Gray, formerly of Eddie and the Hot Rods. The band released the album Strawberries (featuring new full-time keyboardist Roman Jugg) in 1982, and a series of non-LP singles released without a record deal in 1983 and 1984. Sensible played a last concert with the band at Brockwell Park (from which a bootleg was issued, called Captain's Last Stand), before he left to pursue a solo career. Jugg took over the guitar slot. In 1984 The Damned performed "Nasty" live on the BBC Television show The Young Ones. Image File history File links DamnedYoungOnes01. ... Image File history File links DamnedYoungOnes01. ... The Young Ones was a popular British sitcom, first seen in 1982, which aired on BBC2. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that subsist on human and/or animal lifeforce. ... The Black Album was the fourth album by The Damned. ... ... Strawberries is an album by The Damned released October 1982 on Bronze Records. ... Roman Jugg (born July 15, 1957 in Caerphilly, South Wales) is a keyboard player and guitarist. ... An LP Long playing (LP), either 10 or 12-inch diameter, 33 rpm (actually 33. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... The Young Ones was a popular British sitcom, first seen in 1982, which aired on BBC2. ...

The next album was a one-off side project, a soundtrack to an imaginary 1960s movie called Give Daddy the Knife, Cindy.^[13] This limited run album of 1960s cover songs had the band billed as "Naz Nomad and the Nightmares". As Ned Raggett writes, "Dave Vanian becomes Mr. Nomad, while Roman Jugg turns into Sphinx Svenson, and Rat Scabies into Nick Detroit."^[14] With Sensible gone, Vanian's Gothic influence took over unimpeded, and Raggett insists that "Vanian's smart crooning and spooky theatricality ended up more or less founding goth rock inadvertently (with nearly all his clones forgetting what he always kept around -- an open sense of humor)."^[15] In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. ...

The Damned signed a contract with MCA, and the Phantasmagoria album followed. Phantasmagoria's official follow-up, Anything (1986) was a commercial failure and ended the band's record deal and original run. However, the non-album single "Eloise," a cover of a 1968 hit by Barry Ryan, was a success in the UK, and that same year in the US, MCA included a Damned track ("In Dulce Decorum") on the original soundtrack release of Miami Vice II (1987). The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Phantasmagoria is an album by The Damned released by MCA records in July 1985. ... Anything was The Damned’s seventh studio album, released in 1986. ... Barry Ryan Barry Ryan (born October 24, 1948) is an English pop singer. ... In Dulce Decorum was a single released by The Damned in 1987. ... For the 2006 movie, see Miami Vice (film). ...

Later years

Captain Sensible performing live with The Damned at Cleethorpes in August 2006

James rejoined temporarily for a few live appearances, some of which appear on 1988's Final Damnation. The Damned name was afforded homage during the 1990s, when two groups each covered a Damned song: Guns N' Roses recorded "New Rose" for their "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993), while The Offspring covered "Smash It Up" for the Batman Forever soundtrack (1995). Both cover versions would enjoy major label distribution and create more exposure to the Damned sound, sometimes to a younger audience unfamiliar with the group. Image File history File links Captainsensible. ... Image File history File links Captainsensible. ... Final Damnation Live album be The Damned. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... The Spaghetti Incident? is the fifth album by hard rock band Guns N Roses, recorded by the early 90s line up, consisting cover versions, mainly of punk and glam songs of the late 70s and early 80s, with the exception of the albums first track, a cover of The... For other uses, see Offspring (disambiguation). ... Smash It Up (Part I & II) is a song released by the British punk rock band The Damned. ... Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ...

In 1993, a new line-up of The Damned appeared featuring Scabies, Vanian, guitarists Kris Dollimore (formerly of The Godfathers), and Alan Lee Shaw, and bassist Moose Harris in 1995. They toured regularly for about two years the release of a new full-length album, Not of This Earth. Promoted with a series of long tours prior to its release, by the time the album was released The Damned had yet again split, partly as the result of legal battles: Vanian and Sensible accused Scabies of releasing Not of This Earth without proper authorization. The Godfathers is an rock band from London, England. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Sensible rejoined Vanian in 1996 and yet another formation of The Damned appeared. This initially featured bassist Paul Gray, who was later replaced by Patricia Morrison, previously of The Bags, The Gun Club, and The Sisters of Mercy. In 2001, the band released Grave Disorder and this has been followed by continual touring. Morrison and Vanian were eventually married and they have a daughter, Emily, born on February 9, 2004. While she has been replaced by ex-English Dog Stu West, her return to the band's lineup in the future has not been ruled out. The Damned had a mini-tour around Tokyo, Japan in mid-2005, playing mostly sold-out small venues that held between 500 and 1000 people. Patricia Morrison (born January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... The Bags were one of the first generation of punk rock bands to emerge out of Los Angeles. ... The Gun Club were a rock band from Los Angeles in the 1980s led by the flamboyant singer, ex-rock critic Jeffrey Lee Pierce. ... For the religious organisation of this name, see Sisters of Mercy. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ...

In 2006 The Damned released the new single "Little Miss Disaster", and the live DVD MGE25 documenting a 2004 Manchester concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of Machine Gun Etiquette. On October 21, 2006, BBC Radio 2 broadcast an hour long documentary entitled Is She Really Going Out With Him? concerning the recording of the Damned's first single "New Rose" and the group's place in the 1976 London punk scene. Featuring interviews with James, Sensible, Scabies, Glen Matlock, Don Letts and Chrissie Hynde, the program gave some new insights into the bands and personalities around the scene, particularly the ill-fated Anarchy in the U.K. tour. Another tour in mid-November 2006 played clubs in California and included one date in Las Vegas. Also in 2006, The Damned's hit song "Smash It Up" appeared in the console based video game, Driver: Parallel Lines. Their song "Neat, Neat, Neat" was featured in the game True Crime: New York City and in the episode of The Simpsons - Love, Springfieldian Style. The Damned will release their first official single in 18 years. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc - see Etymology) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and the most popular station in the UK. As well as having most listeners nationally, it ranks first in all regions above local radio stations. ... A radio documentary or feature is a radio programme devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures. ... Glen Matlock (born August 27, 1956 in West London, England) was the original bass guitarist of punk rock band the Sex Pistols. ... Don Letts (born January 10, 1956)) is a British film director and musician. ... Chrissie Hynde (born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the band The Pretenders. ... Anarchy in the U.K. is the title track of the first single by Sex Pistols, released on November 26, 1976. ... 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Game console redirects here. ... Neat, Neat, Neat was the second single by The Damned. ... The Simpsons 19th season (2007 - 2008) will begin airing on Fox on September 23, 2007. ...

Studio albums

See also: The Damned discography

• Damned, Damned, Damned (February 25, 1977)
• Music for Pleasure (November 18, 1977)
• Machine Gun Etiquette (November 2, 1979)
• The Black Album (October 20, 1980)
• Strawberries (October 1, 1982)
• Phantasmagoria (July 15, 1985)
• Anything (December 5, 1986)
• Not of This Earth (November 11, 1995)
• Grave Disorder (August 21, 2001)

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Members

Current members

• Dave Vanian − vocals, theremin (1976-1978, 1978-present)
• Captain Sensible − guitar (1978-1984, 1989, 1996-present); bass (1976-1978)
• Monty Oxy Moron − keyboards (1996-present)
• Stu West − bass (2005-present)
• Pinch − drums (1999-present)

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Former members

• Gary Holton - vocals (1978)
• Henry Badowski - bass (1978)
• Brian James - guitar (1976-1978, 1989)
• Lu Edmunds - guitar (1977-1978)
• Jon Moss - drums (1978)
• Kris Dollimore - guitar (1993-1996)
• Allan Lee Shaw - guitar (1993-1996)
• Rat Scabies − drums (1976-1977, 1978-1996)
• Dave Berk - drums (1977)
• Garrie Dreadful - drums (1996-1999)
• Spike Smith - drums (1999)
• Algy Ward - bass (1978-1980)
• Paul Gray - bass (1980-1983,1989)
• Bryn Merrick - bass (1983-1989)
• Paul Shepley - keyboards (1985-1989)
• Jason "Moose" Harris - bass (1993-1996)
• Patricia Morrison - bass (1996-2005)
• Roman Jugg - keyboards (1981-1989) guitar (1984-1989)

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Collaborators

• Lemmy - bass (1978)
• Robert Fripp - guitar (1990)
• Lol Coxhill - saxophone (1977)

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Damned Discography
• The Damned discography at MusicBrainz
• The Damned article by Chris Hunt, published in Q magazine, 2003.
• Review of 2006 BBC radio prog "Is she really going out with him?"
• Second Time Around - fan website