Rat Scabies in conversation in a pub

Rat Scabies in conversation with Jonny Wah Wah in his local pub......
It's an epic but a must for all hardcore fans with many a tale recounted from this larger than life music legend......
The Sinclairs have an album out now ... ratscabies.com/
#ratscabies #punk #thedamned

[@Nazz1967]

Saw The Damned lastning in Sydney . I don't know how to describe it... I've been a fan for years and loved Rats drumming only seen him on promo clips ect .but i was blown away! seing him live finally after 30 odd years .

[@ugieflyfishers3205]

Excellent....he’s never changed......so down to earth. I met ‘Rat’ back stage at a Damned gig in Edinburgh 41years ago... a true gent.

[@wk4max263]

I.met.Rat.and Captain in 1978 at.erics.Club.in.Liverpool.when I was.14 and. I hate.to.disappoint any punk.fans but they were.really friendly guys!.we.had a laugh and a beer with em,God.Bless.Ya.Rat!!!

[@hoplomachii9960]

I met him around 1993 and like everyone else has said he was warm, friendly and funny, nice guy great drummer

[@morganbryan8045]

What a fabulous interview, I could listen to RS all day

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Great interview! Cheers for posting!👍🏼

[@Autoreplychat]

Top Drummer, Top Man, loved it

[@robbiesaddleton6210]

Second time I've watched this and enjoyed it even more the second time. Inbetween the two watches, I've seen footage of the early years Damned, maybe in San Francisco '79, a great raw energy old school punk gig but with the bonus of Rat and Captain even swapping instruments. Rat on guitar, Mr. Sensible on drums. So this time I appreciated Rat talking about playing chords/guitar because he can. Talented guy. Great interview this.

[@iano5957]

Rat’s such a great interviewee. Great vid. Thanks for posting.

[@LEEFORDJAGG]

Great interview. Despite the Magic FM jukebox. I smiled at Rat’s Lee Brilleaux experience and introduction to the real Blues. Good to hear Roman Jugg getting a mention and credit for the MCA era albums.

[@slapperham1]

I watched this a couple of times already. Great interview - it's just like earwigging two mates chatting in a boozer. Brilliant stuff.

[@pinkfloyd870]

Great interview It was a real pleasure to listen in. Thanks.

[@poppycock31185]

There are so many pointless videos posted on KZbin and then there are videos like this that I am so grateful for.

[@BadLuckLuke]

Underrated drummer...

[@mathewwatson3331]

Brilliant interview 👍👍

[@honourethefire5794]

Massive shame it cut while Rat was talking could listen to his stories for hours.

[@macrogrizzly]

brilliant idea - great interview.

[@VONCEIL1]

Been a fan of Rats since 77.........top bloke ...one of the best drummers...ever...no's his stuff....you no me Chris.....

[@koont666]

The Clarendon was one of my locals That and the greyhound ,I've met and had a pint with Lemmy in the Clarendon , lovely geezer , asked rat to get us in at the greyhound he said no I can't piss off 🤣later on in life I worked for a bloke in Brentford who was rats neighbor ,And he put me and him on the guest list at the Astoria I think ,I never did mention it to rat ,nice bloke 👍

[@VincentRE79]

This interview was probably in The Griffin pub.

[@kevinbrewis6014]

its neighbour if your in England, spelt right with a u.

[@samkells3807]

Never seen a pint and a glass of wine last so long.

[@josieswagboi2397]

How have you not got more subscribers mate! Love listening to my punk heros talk about life and just see what they are like, have subscribed and will be watching more of your videos! I'm a young punk just trying to get my fill of any punk related things so this interview was a great find 😀

[@carpetbeggar]

What a conversation. Get back to doing these again. Brilliant stuff.

[@jarrahdrum]

you've spoilt me. subscribed. thank you

[@felixfelix7447]

Life changing moment John peel playing new rose. Forever grateful ...

[@mummybunny331]

Fabulously clear guide around the music scene of the time...Its lovely to hear a man from that era that still has a mind..!!(sez a lot 4 my frendz) honestly...It worries me..Whats going to become of mumbling old drug addled guys...? Wish I could secure a territory 4 them...xx

[@born2damn822]

that was ace.

[@philshine3388]

Enjoyed every second of that. Wanted to pour myself a glass of red to feel like I was there too. Funny after everything Rat said about sensible and the Damned, he’s now doing a reunion tour with them in 2021. Tickets bought, but I’ll be amazed if it happens.

[@wahwahwah7805]

Yes .... I may clip the bit for a short ...

[@stephenmccoy898]

Yea I've got mine for 2 of those gigs,, they just reckoned that they didn't wanna be standing around 1 of their graves saying we should have done this and that, so they all kissed and made up... Hopefully rat stays on as the drum stool is vacant as pinch left, who by the way did a great job for 20 years but there's only 1 guy for me who should be on that stool

[@surfinbird2mcdonald461]

great drummer .

[@peteriversfanclub]

No matter what his name is......Rat is a proper geeza!

[@Nazz1967]

Met The Captain and Dave ,down to earth blokes.Love to meet Rat ,seems like a good bloke

[@jcee]

Great interview.Pity they couldn't turn off the music in the background during it!:-)

[@front2427]

is that silly record stuck?

[@kevinadamson5768]

Great interview and good to see rat in rude health enjoying some claret. Been a fan since 1977. When I was 15.

[@koont666]

I was 11 and they transformed me from rock n roll to something amazing ,still like rock n roll though 😁

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@koont666 I like all kinds of music reggae, soul a bit of this and that and was brought up on rock, n, roll but 1977 changed it for me especially this band, still have all my original records.

[@koont666]

@@kevinadamson5768 I still have some original copy's but after 13 moves in my life I've lost loads ,but still have 5/6 thousand vinyl in my place so am kept busy ,mind you it's getting expensive trying to buy back certain records ,most of the punk esp went abroad in the 80s now popping up on some sites for a small fortune,I've never not had my records ,I'm sure you are the same 👍

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@koont666 I joined the army early 80,s but left my records at my mothers house while I moved around the world, thing my kid brother might have sold a few but apart from that most of them are still there . Mainly 77/78.

[@koont666]

@@kevinadamson5768 1 well done And 2 nice one 👍

[@lucasroche8639]

It was the Portobello Gold the Hells Angels local that Lemmy used to play the fruit machine all day, the Lonsdale was opposite the Gold. I got kicked out of the Lonsdale (my local) on my 18th birthday because I had just freshly died my hair and the landlord was worried he was going to get raided but they let me back in the next night. I had only been a local for about two years!

[@DuncYo]

Hey this is a great interview! nice one!!

[@travisbryson6948]

That was good

[@kevinadamson5768]

They should have asked the landlord to turn that background music off.

[@honourethefire5794]

Dont be stupid its a pub has customers & they were good enough to let them do the interview there wake up?.

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@honourethefire5794 just spoils the interview maybe they should have picked somewhere quieter.

[@honourethefire5794]

@@kevinadamson5768 its a natural chat(interview) nowhere better than a pub over few drinks its not a big professional thing but theyve got some great gear to do it i remember days of cassette players doing interviews on Thats Punk forget this updated etc stuff we are lucky its filmed as well & its not like me but way they do it is brilliant can't be bettered would you rather some stupid questions instead etc

[@martinmccaffrey8528]

great chat rat

[@steve-bk1qd]

drop of red for Rat...a man of taste.......red wine....deceptive stuff...

[@lucasroche8639]

I went to see one of the Scabies & James gigs in the same week as the Damned played and to me and my mate who came with me to both gigs, it was clear to us both that Scabies & James blew the Damned away, they played with intensity and power that Sensible and Vanian could hope to match. And I love the Damned and go to see them as often as possible, I've been going to see them live for more than 40 years (it feels mad reading how long I've been going to see them). THANK YOU TO THE DAMNED, INCLUDING EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BAND EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY FOR ONE RECORD OR GIG.

[@roomeleven7024]

Met Rat back in the Ipswich dome back in 1992,a genuine bloke.The damned were among three bands that were cursed of the “Brian’s”.Were the damned the same when Brian James left?,as the lads said earlier was the Rolling Stones the same when Brian Jones left and also you could say were the Cramps the same when Brian Gregory left??.

[@written12]

Good point. But the Damned, when Brian James, became a different but definitely not a lesser band. And despite the aura around Brian Jones, he was becoming marginal to the Stones music way before he died.

[@jamesmonoghan1281]

Top geezer Rat!

[@stevepearn930]

He looks like Curly Watts from Coronation Street

[@honourethefire5794]

Brilliant interview so nice to hear someone say how shit it is about tribute bands & bloke doing interview doesn't understand when he said fake lemmy was putting warts on if you listened to Rat who i agree with 100% about so called tribute bands Motorheadache should of been on first not headlining over bands that take time to write own stuff, rehearse etc sad, i think its same as all these 80's punk bands that had a name & reform for FARCE fest(rebellion) get put up on main stage they never got that big originally they should earn their place again bands in scene Now are ones that should be on main stage /higher than reformed bands.

[@Elvin_Pelvin]

well said Rat (and you for re-iterating)

[@matthewharty6531]

wow

[@merlin5476]

Rat actually looks like a rat now. ... Still.... the best drummer & am glad he's back & made up with capt. Met him only once in the 80's & he wasnt the friendliest tbh whereas capt ive met a few times & has always been a laugh, vanian is a tiny bloke & came across as rather shy.

[@RevStickleback]

I've not watched it all yet, but I'm enjoying this. It's like a chat rather rather than an interview, and all the more interesting for it. I came because I was looking for a connection between Rat Scabies and an all-female Japanese punkish band called The Let's Go's (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWjFoIeOd8d6prM) and the card outer spine on one of their CDs makes some reference to "Rat Scabies (drum) The Damned", and the google search brought this video up. The only musician I've actually spoken to was Kenney Jones of The Small Faces and The Who, but he was incredibly drunk when I met him, and was quite miffed that I couldn't guess who he was. Oddly I also once ended up stood next to him on the bus going to the car park at Gatwick Airport a few years later, but this time he was sober, and didn't ask me to guess his identity - which is a shame because that time I'd have known. edit: it turns out The Mutants did an album with various J-Punk bands guesting on the tracks, and The Let's Go's were one of those.

[@The000clash000]

Great interview. Great guy. I don't know what caused him to be ostracised from the Damned, but I wish they could get over it.

[@stephenmccoy898]

Well to your delight I expect, they have, hence a 5 date tour of the original line up as I'm sure your now aware.. Best news I've had in yrars

[@The000clash000]

@@stephenmccoy898 I just watched the damned documentary, I understand it all now... I think...

[@greggbrown5155]

If I'm correct and I wouldn't want to be quoted on it but a fall-out between rat and dave over the I'm alright jack and the beanstalk album started it all

[@notthebody]

Yeeaahh.. Rat Fans..

[@Im..ginger]

He is my uncal

[@notthebody]

Are you Weasel Excema?

[@Im..ginger]

@@notthebody no idk

[@pinkfloyd870]

Cool claim to fame.

[@dazd8306]

Great interview. Shame about background noise

[@DumPhuc]

Someone should tell that guy he has blue marker on his forehead, thats gotta be embarrassing

[@AndrewAHayes]

Where did ya record this The Dragon perhaps?

[@wahwahwah7805]

The Griffen in Brentford mate ... he lives around the corner

[@AndrewAHayes]

@@wahwahwah7805 Yeah I know the boozer I just got the name wrong, old age!

[@wahwahwah7805]

@@AndrewAHayes Yes .. with you on that brother! great boozer

[@namesrohsseldaedeht]

The birthplace of Safety Pin? Still waiting on "No Pricks Allowed"!

[@electric6electric681]

Great interview Johnny my inspiration to pick up the sticks wise bloke exceptional drummer hope you and ratboy are well?? 👍Carl / x- system of Hate

[@stanlaurel6822]

Those blokes from Grange Hill have let themselves go

[@gazriley624]

what did Rat & Captain fall out over in the first place?

[@mjh5437]

Cash........Royalties

[@koont666]

Good gear rat 😜

[@front2427]

Why did he leave? Gret drummer unsurpassed.

[@mattiemclean9882]

Unsurpassed? You want working on!

[@front2427]

@@mattiemclean9882 thanks

[@PuckSlappy]

Wrote our own songs? Family = Disco Man? LOL

[@MikeMichaels1987]

Why are The Damned not inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame?

[@kingbolo4579]

I assume it's because it's a commercial enterprise and The Damned don't have the commercial recognition.

[@hoplomachii9960]

The rnrhof doesn't actually mean anything anyway so who cares?

[@pinkfloyd870]

The Damned are in the top 5 in my Hall. That is the one that counts. The Stranglers are in there too.

[@buggersmuddle84]

Shame about the background noise

[@damneddracrose4763]

Every time theres some crap Top Ten Drummers List put out theres never Mr Scabies or Animal Taylor.

[@mjh5437]

Why on earth don`t people turn their phone off when they`re giving an interview ffs

[@terryscrewloosesings]

You got cooky you got topper then you have rat The Damned heavily influence how I sing although it was stiff little fingers that got me into punk what influences me is the damned they are a cut above but all the people who I mentioned and the bands of that time are all influential in there own right and vocally the damned influence me 😎

[@philshine3388]

Tell the landlord to shut that terrible music off FFS!!!

[@bigtwit799]

Ban tribute bands!

[@sexobscura]

at least the music in the background is interesting ...

[@aalexjohna]

Is that Olive from On The Buses?