The Damned Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

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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In The Mouth Of Madness: A Chat With Richard Strange

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment David Bowie, Doctors of Madness, England, Julian Cope, Kid Strange, Lou Reed, Magazine, Muse, Radiohead, Richard Strange, Simple Minds, Stone Roses, Suede, The Adverts, The Clash, The Damned, The Sex Pistols, The Verve, UK, Velvet Underground, William S. Burroughs, XTC

Rediscovering the greatest English band from the mid-‘70s you’ve never heard of

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The Art School Abandon of San Francisco Punks The Mutants

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Randy Haecker 0 Comments 2022, Chrissie Hynde, Chrome, Crime, Curse of the Easily Amused, Liberation Hall Records, Mabuhay Gardens, Marc Bolan, San Francisco, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Mutants, The Nuns

Talking old school West Coast underground with the band who opened for The Cramps at Napa State Mental Hospital

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Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 30: April 2022

April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Annie Lennox, Capt. Sensible, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Famous Quotes, Goat Rodeo Sessions, Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers, Rod Argent, Stuart Duncan, The Damned, The Eurythmics, The Zombies, Yo-Yo Ma

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 Rockabilly

Greg Antista and The Lonely Streets: The Neon Heat Is On

September 17, 2021September 23, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Bad Religion, Big Sandy, Brian Setzer, Buzztop Hurricanes, Greg Antista, Greg Antista and The Lonely Streets, James Intveld, Jessica Kaczmarek, Jorge E. Disguster, Mink Daggers, Russell Scott, Shake Stomp and Stumble, The Adolescents, The Damned, The Hangmen, Under the Neon Heat, Warren Renfrow

The former Joyride guitarist’s handpicked crew of West Coast punk veterans emerge from the pandemic with a wide-ranging second album

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Indie Rock Punk

Professor and The Madman: Honoring the Roots of Punk Rock, Part 2

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Alfie Agnew, Crash Kills Four, D.I., Eddie and the Hot Rods, Mind Over Four, Paul Gray, Rat Scabies, Sean Elliott, Séance, The Adolescents, The Damned, The Professor and the Madman, U.F.O.

The conclusion of our interview with Alfie Agnew

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Professor and The Madman: Honoring the Roots of Punk Rock, Part 1

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Alfie Agnew, Crash Kills Four, D.I., Eddie and the Hot Rods, Fullertone Records, Mind Over Four, Paul Gray, Rat Scabies, Sean Elliott, Séance, The Adolescents, The Damned, The Professor and the Madman, U.F.O.

A look into the anatomy of an international supergroup

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Glam Music Journalism

REQUIRED READING: Trouser Glitter

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1977, Alex Harvey, Ira Robbins, Irvine Welsh, Marc Bolan, Roxy Music, Sparks, T.Rex, The Clash, The Damned, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books

Ira Robbins goes glam in his novel ‘Marc Bolan Killed in Crash’

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Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 3: January 2020

January 13, 2020January 14, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Vanian, David Byrne, My Generation, Patti Smith, Ray Davies, Rick Danko, Talking Heads, The Damned, The Kinks, The Who

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the third installment of his inquisitive column

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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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New Wave Pop Punk Rock

In Transience With Wreckless Eric

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Amy Rigby, Creepy People, Father to the Man, Graham Parker, Ian Dury, Madness, Pogues, Steve Goulding, Stiff Records, The Clash, The Damned, The Ramones, Tiny House, Wreckless Eric

The pub punk great continues to enjoy a stellar career renaissance with his second solo LP in less than a year

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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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