The Damned

10 obscure and criminally under-rated UK punk albums

By Mörat published 21 April 26

There's more to British punk rock than Never Mind The Bollocks and London Calling

That time a world famous rock star got members of The Clash and The Damned to babysit her daughter

By Paul Brannigan published 17 March 26

Two Punks And A Baby: A Hollywood Tale

The legendary punk single that beat the Sex Pistols out of the gate by a month

By Paul Lester published 18 January 26

The story of the 1976 single that fired the starting pistol on British punk

Debate: what's the greatest punk album ever?

By Louder published 28 August 25

Ramones? Fun House? The Crack? Dookie? The Shape Of Punk To Come? Randy the Band? We want to know your pick for punk's finest hour

When Captain Sensible tried and failed to tell the world about Egg

By Natasha Scharf published 23 April 25

When The Damned guitarist Captain Sensible tried to share his passion for early prog band Egg on a radio show, it didn’t go well. But he still loves their work

"Serious amounts of lunacy": The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned

By Scott Rowley published 7 March 25

A fast history of punk legends The Damned. Includes: spit, vomit, cider, sulphate, haunted mansions, and "serious amounts of lunacy".

“It was part of the job to destroy Genesis and Yes”: Captain Sensible loved prog, but hid it

By Dom Lawson published 19 February 25

The Damned guitarist on spending years ripping off the genre he professed to hate, and the obscure tracks he’d play on Desert Island Discs – if they’d ever let him appear