The Damned

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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Television 

Ken Reid on 10 Years of Talking TV with Rockers

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 10th anniversary, Ed Sullivan, Fred Schneider, Ken Reid, Mike Watt, podcast, Quincy, The Beatles, The Damned, TV Guidance Counselor

A podcast with a punky past has the lowdown on your heroes’ television habits

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Industrial Post-Punk Punk Remembrance 

Brighter Than A Thousand Suns: Geordie Walker 1958 – 2023

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Catherine Christer Hennix, Come As You Are, Don Powell, Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Killing Joke, Martin Atkins, New Order, Nick Knox, Nirvana, Paul Ferguson, RIP, Slade, The Cramps, The Damned, Tommy Ramone, Youth

Remembering the innovative, influential Killing Joke guitarist

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Punk 

The Saints’ Iconic Single “(I’m) Stranded” Gets First Reissue

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments (I'm) Stranded, 1976, Australia, Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper, In The Red Records, The Damned, The Ramones, The Saints

Limited edition run expected to ship on August 2nd

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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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New Wave Punk 

WATCH: Rochester Punks New Math Return

May 19, 2023May 20, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Blondie, Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds (1979-1983), New Math, New York, Propeller Sound Recordings, Rochester, The Cramps, The Damned, The Only Ones, The Ramones, Upstate NY

The band shares video from forthcoming comp Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds (1979 – 1983)

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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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Glam Punk Rock 

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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Punk 

The Art School Abandon of San Francisco Punks The Mutants

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Randy Haecker 1 Comment 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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Uncategorized 

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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