The Damned tonight, so in anticipation of that, here are some songs to get me in the mood and make you jealous!
Love Song
Eloise
Smash It Up
Standing On The Edge Of Tomorrow
Little Miss Disaster
My youngest daughter was desperate to go to this gig but her colab have their concert tonight so she can't go. This meant that I had to buy tickets to see the Hollywood Vampires as the Damned and the Darkness are supporting them, just to make her feel better.
My wife, a huge Damned fan, is away on a course so it looks like it's all down to me!
I last saw them play the White Horse in High Wycombe, just as the Captain came back into the band and that was an incendiary night, it was the night when I finally understood punk.
As an aside, we were there when the Captain and Dave Vanian made up their differences. The Phantom Chords were playing Brighton on a weeknight and we drove down there to see them. The Captain lives in Brighton and showed up to the gig and afterwards the 2 of them were in deep conversation. Next thing, he was back in the Damned. I got home at 4 in the morning and had work. I was younger then!
"Smash it up" is performed with Kris Dollimore on guitar. I saw him touring in the Damned at somepoint and he also toured with Adam Ant the same year. He is a great guitarist with real attitude and excellent stage presence.
"Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow" is the new single from the soon to be released album and it really bodes well for what is to come. The Damned were the first punk band to release a record but they were also the most ambitious and talented of all the punk bands. They were never content to be just a punk band but go and see them live and all that pent up energy seems to seep through the walls and floors into the audience to create a melting pot, it is punk with a huge difference, more like thinking man's punk.
I've not seen them in a few years and the years seem to have been kinder to them than to me but I am looking forward to seeing one of the originals, there aren't many originals at anything but this is one of them, and they are the last great punk band, still touring, still releasing music and still doing exactly what they want to do.
Thank you Pledge Music, I will be receiving the new album on vinyl and CD, both signed.
Have a great weekend but I can guarantee that mine is very likely to be better than yours!
