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Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, Dave Vanian
Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Damned confirmed for new punk rock festival

By Paul Brannigan Published

Some of punk and hardcore's most iconic bands will play CBGB festival in Brooklyn, New York on September 27

Music Festivals
Captain Sensible and Egg's albums
When Captain Sensible tried and failed to tell the world about Egg

By Natasha Scharf Published

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

Bands & Artists
The Damned in New York
"Serious amounts of lunacy": The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned

By Scott Rowley Published

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

Biographies
Portrait of Brian James of The Damned, at home, London, 1980.
The Damned founding guitarist Brian James dead at 70

By Stef Lach Published

Brian James wrote much of The Damned's early material as they carved their place in punk rock history

Biographies
The Damned, in 1976
"They seemed to come out of some New York film where it was all flick-knives on the street." The Damned's Dave Vanian on the gig that changed his life

By Paul Brannigan Published

In November 1973, a US rock band visited London for the second time and helped spark a punk rock revolution

Concerts & Shows
SAS Rogue Heroes
The 10 best songs soundtracking season two of SAS Rogue Heroes, the riotous World War II drama from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight

By Paul Brannigan Published

SAS Rogue Heroes is back with a bang. Hundreds and thousands of bangs, actually

Tracks & Singles
Forever Now festival artists
Kraftwerk, Billy Idol, Death Cult, The Damned and more to play first Forever Now festival

By Paul Brannigan Published

New UK festival Forever Now, a celebration of alternative culture, will take place at The National Bowl, Milton Keynes on June 22

Music Festivals
The Damned pose in a street in in 1977
How The Damned took four days and lots of cider to kickstart a revolution

By Rob Hughes Published

The Sex Pistols may have got all the headlines and The Clash the critical acclaim, but The Damned trumped them all

Bands & Artists
Stiff Records founder Jake Riviera at the Stiff office
The albums on Stiff Records you should definitely own

By Rob Hughes Published

Buying guide Pioneering indie label Stiff Records was home to some of the great music of the 70s and 80s, from Ian Dury to The Pogues, The Damned and beyond. And these are the labe's best albums

Buying guide
The Damned, in 1980
"Be careful what you wish for!" Rat Scabies returns to The Damned, as the punk legends announce UK tour with their early '80s line-up

By Paul Brannigan Published

Rat Scabies is back in The Damned alongside Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and Paul Gray, reuniting the line-up who last played together in 1989

Concerts & Shows
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