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I was listening to some John Peel downloads recently, which feature The Damned quite a lot.

In 1976 they're the freshest bread on the shelf, kicking seven shades of shit out of The Albion Dance Band and Poco.

By 1979 they are a horrible horrible metal band, a bit like Judas Priest doing a provincial tour of the Rocky Horror Show as a pantomime. As they have remained to the present day.

Crappy crap.

fancyjamtime wrote:Strawberries has "Gun Fury", "Generals", "Stranger on the Town", "Dozen Girls", "Bad Time for Bonzo", "The Dog" but most importantly "Ignite", which is probably my favorite Damned song etc.

Yea, I have heard that one. Not for quite a while admittedly. I don't know what it is about it but the Damned post-Brian James doesn't hold my attention.

Mind you it's a whole better than Brian James post-Damned.

Edd Tastyhead wrote:Mind you it's a whole better than Brian James post-Damned.

I'll agree with you about the Brian James Gang and latter day Lords of the New Chuch but don't fuck around about Stiv Bators' Lords. And may I remind you that James played with The Saints on "Out in the Jungle".

But...yeah, I hear ya.

I've never listened to anything other than Damned Damned Damned, which is great.