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“It could hardly have been more in tune with the gothic scene’s aesthetic preferences if it had come with free bat wings”: The pioneering British punk band who embraced the darkness to make a classic 80s goth album

With 1985’s Phanasmagoria, The Damned made one of the great goth-punk albums

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"There were more people there than they had ever cumulatively played to in their career at that point." The story behind the Ramones first ever UK show, on Independence Day 1976

It's now 50 years since Ramones brought their blitzkrieg bops to Britain

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"Getting off the bus, you could be attacked by a gang of skinheads, bikers or straights. It was hairy." Riots, teargas and slamdancing – The 80s scene that helped inspire Metallica, Slayer, Napalm Death and beyond

Thrash, black metal, grindcore - none of it would exist without UK82

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Marc Bolan honoured with blue plaque outside London home

The frontman of glam rock band T. Rex died in a car crash in 1977 at the age of 29.

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The Damned cancel North American tour dates due to band member's 'catastrophic event' at home

The Damned have axed a handful of dates after an "unexpected" and "catastrophic event" at a band member's home.

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The Damned announce 50th anniversary show at Wembley Arena

The band will be supported by Peter Hook And The Light, The Loveless featuring Marc Almond and The Courettes.

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The Dammed guitarist Brian James buried at sea

The Dammed guitarist Brian James was buried at sea off the coast of Newhaven in East Sussex, England, his widow Minna has revealed.

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"He built a campfire in the middle of his hotel room. It was kinda cute…" The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned

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

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The Damned founding member Brian James dies aged 70

He wrote the UK punk single, New Rose, and was behind the creation of their first record.

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The Damned founding guitarist Brian James dead at 70

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

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Iconic The Damned guitarist Brian James dead aged 70

After a career that involved shaping punk music history, Brian James, the legendary punk rock guitarist and founder of The Damned, has died aged 70.

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"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

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

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Kraftwerk, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Death Cult, The Damned, Public Image Ltd, The The and more to play first Forever Now festival

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

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"We didn't have a clue what we were doing, but the first playback was one of those moments you never forget": How The Damned took four days and lots of cider to kickstart a revolution

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

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"Ultimately, they weren’t Rick Wakeman" - Clem Burke and Glen Matlock on the outsider appeal of the original punk bands

Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk

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How The Damned made Darkadelic, their surprise contender for Album Of The Year

Re-made and remodelled, with acclaimed album Darkadelic echoing glorious moments from their post-punk past, The Damned head into the future with much to offer

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"The Nice and ELP are, for me, where things went too far. Very good musicians don’t interest me. Proficiency blocks you off from real adventure": John Foxx on prog, punk and the problems of being a pioneer

For 50 years, John Foxx has been making genuinely progressive music that defies categorisation. "My plan was always to make every record different from the last,” he says.

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Algy Ward, bassist with The Saints and The Damned and founder of Tank, dies aged 63

The UK bass player played a role in several acclaimed punk and metal bands, yet refused to be pigeonholed by either camp

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Algy Ward, former bassist with Tank, The Damned and The Saints, dead at 63

Alasdair Mackie 'Algy' Ward passed away on May 17, it has been confirmed

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The Damned's Captain Sensible once invited The BBC to his parents' house and played a song to his rabbit

In which Captain Sensible blames alcohol for his choice of stage name, debuts his new song Rabbit Hutch Blues, and speaks with missionary zeal on the subject of nudity

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Coke! Ghosts! Chaos! Inside the recording of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Inside: Black Sabbath, George Harrison, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, The Damned, Crown Lands, Sparks, Peter Frampton and much more

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