the Damned

The Damned are an English gothic punk band formed in London in 1976.[1][2] They were the first punk rock band from the United Kingdom to release a single ("New Rose"), an album (Damned Damned Damned), to have a record on the UK music charts, and to tour the United States. The Damned later evolved into one of the forerunners of the gothic genre.[3]

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Inspired By Tim Duffy 2008 was a shit year for music. With the economy falling down around us, the music industry continued to crumble under the pressure of the internet…falling down, down, down and barely even pulling in a cent (or so they would like you to believe). Bands inspired by the few cash cows we have left aped and copied their way through records. Folks were led to believe...
Busy, busy time for everyone, I guess, but definitely for teachers – carol concerts, plays, assessments and the feverish dash to knock up … stuff … from card, tinsel and glittery bits. Predictably, this has meant the already meagre trickle of posts on here has recently dried up almost completely. I can only apologise. What’s actually quite unlikely about the whole...
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It’s tax day in America so here’s an early return for anybody who wants it: a vinyl rip of the entirely essential 1981 compilation I.R.S. GREATEST HITS VOLS. 2 & 3 which has never been released on CD. I’ve been meaning to do this for some time, and April 15 seemed like a good excuse to finally hook up the turntable to the computer. This double-LP, which I first...
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