Captain Sensible

Punk Rock 

The Damned and the Dictators Deliver on Boston Double Bill

May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Albert Bouchard, Andy Shernoff, Big Night Live, Boston, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Rat Scabies, The Channel, The Damned, The Dictators

Inside one of the year’s hottest punk rock tours

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 45: June 2023

June 28, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, David Bowie, Dean Wareham, Famous Quotes, Guns 'N' Roses, Jim Sullivan, Love Spit Love, Luna, Pretty In Pink, Reeves Gabrels, Richard Butler, Robert Smith, Sheryl Crow, Squeeze, The Cure, The Damned, The Psychedelic Furs, The Velvet Underground, Tin Machine

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Punk Rock 

“We’re Not Gonna Go Quietly”: Captain Sensible on The Damned’s Darkadelic

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 2023, Beware of the Clown, Captain Sensible, Darkadelic, Dave Vanian, Edgar Allen Poe, Machine Gun Etiquette, Nuggets, T.Rex, The Damned, The Invisible Man, The Sweet

The punk O.G. talks politics, Pink Floyd and flipping off the grim reaper

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Punk Rock 

The Missing Link: The Damned’s Strawberries Turns 40

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1982, Blondie, Captain Sensible, CHEAP TRICK, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dave Vanian, Machine Gun Etiquette, Moody Blues, Strawberries, The Black Album, The Cars, The Damned, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

How did we miss out on one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time?

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Punk 

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The Damned Finally Get the Greatest Hits Album They Deserve

December 3, 2019December 19, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black is the Night, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Hall and Oates, Pink Floyd, Punk, Radiohead, Strawberries, Suicide, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Black Album, The Damned, Wire

A celebration of the Captain and Co.’s essential two-disc anthology Black Is The Night

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Punk 

Still Neat (x3) After All These Years

October 11, 2018November 8, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Captain Sensible, Crass, Punk, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned

Why do the Damned carry on?

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