The Damned in conversation with Classic Album Sundays

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BMG’s Art of The Album series presents a unique insight into the making of a seminal album. Recorded on the 8th June 2016, Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible of The Damned sat down with Colleen Murphy from Classic Album Sundays to discuss the stories, recording and impact of one punk’s very first album release.

[@keith-leecastle6700]

On a purely superficial level....no one looked as good as Dave Vanian in 76. Great band. Great frontman.

[@MrNaKillshots]

He hasn't changed much.

[@sexobscura]

save for Sid Vicious

[@suefurlong-jy2rx]

He was beautiful! I mean totally beautiful, still is, just miss the white flash! 😂

[@JCSAXON]

There is no New Rose without Brian James. His guitar was fucking insane and so were his lyrics

[@MUSIC4TRUTH....]

Sensible never gets old. very sensible!

[@onlyme219]

Fascinating, I loved New Rose as a school kid, later my daughter loved it and now my 8 year old granddaughter loves it. Don't know what it is, the drums guitar riff maybe but the song just hits you straight away

[@BassLiner3172]

What a band these have always been, absolutely brilliant.

[@themysterysuk2097]

god bless The Damned

[@vmkkith]

Cpt. Is fab, met him once, lovely bloke. Drinking Brewdog too, good taste!

[@andywells397]

i saw them on tour with t rex in the late seventies... i was blown away..loud at the time, raw and energetic.. happy days..

[@miwdiva]

It must have been incredible!! Love both bands, I'm jealous...I wasn't even born yet. ;)

[@glennoc8585]

miwdiva Dave looks like a director of an art school abd captain looks like hes 30 something.

[@andywells397]

@A SJ They were so good and new, no one in rural norfolk could quite belive it. I was 15 and hitch hiked from great yarmouth to the gig at west runton. Im glad i did as it was a short set and never seen anything as good since. We were in awe..lol

[@andywells397]

@A SJ All i have left is a 1988 final damnation album and the john peel sessions from november 1976.

[@billbo7630]

​@@andywells397 My wife was at the same gig, she was about 16 at the time and there to see T rex. She reckons the damned were frightening 😅 I've always been jealous I wasn't there.

[@lauralewis673]

Yes! Thank You for still bringing your fans sensational music and shows all these years while maintaining a sense of professionalism, kindness and loyalty to your fans! Happy 40th!

[@lauralewis673]

Except for Captain, with his bubblegum habit! First the late show in England where he was chewing away while they played a bit from "Happy Talking" LOL Can't take that man anywhere! Hahaha

[@beefheart1410]

I was 12 when Machine Gun Etiquette came out. I got it for Christmas along with London Calling, Metal Box, Sid Sings, The Raven and Setting Sons. The best Christmas ever! I loved MGE then and still love it now. I always play it at Christmas! Glorious! (By the way, yeah, I know Sid Sings is dreadful but, 4 out of 5 ain't bad...... and I loved it when I was 12!).

[@strumbolli]

Sounds like the music playing in my bedroom 1980

[@cardigansarecool]

You got Metal Box when you were 12? Damn you were a cool kid

[@honourethefire5794]

I first saw them live age 14 when MGE came out 1979(my 2nd year into punk) with the Ruts supporting great days.

[@nasskhan4543]

You got those many albums in 1979?? That was about £30 which is the equivalent to £90 today. Spoilt brat. If you reply telling me that you still own the same copies of the albums in immaculate condition than I will apologise.

[@davehoward22]

Metal box is worth a lot of money

[@QueenAmethyst55]

I had no idea Captain was so good looking. Like a fine wine. As for Dave! 😍🔥🔥

[@strumbolli]

Damned Damned Damned was the truest to the punk ethic of all the Punk debuts. The Damned were the first out of the blocks, no rhetoric just nasty punk rock. No designer bondage clothes or publicity stunts. no legging it to the majors either

[@gmantramp404]

Mark Perry Alternative TV truest punk band ever...

[@strumbolli]

@@gmantramp404 They recorded 2 songs I'd put in my all time punk top 10, pop picker.

[@gmantramp404]

@@strumbolli Mark Perry king of DIY ..

[@nasskhan4543]

If you signed to a major in 1977 , the record companies can finance a tour and your record can be more available in record shops so stop talking shite.

[@sharklostworld]

@@nasskhan4543 but the whole thing about punk was being DIY, signing to a major would obviously do wonders for commercial success but it isn't exactly punk is it?

[@youjoker9647]

Love listening to Dave and Captain. They certainly hit the spot

[@glennpagemusic]

I always wondered about that silly little pic of Cap in the corner! LOL! Love these guys. Long live the mighty Damned.

[@salskars6637]

Awesome pair. Wish the interview were longer.

[@rafff3462]

Great interwiew!

[@knightoftherealm3653]

Easily the most creative band if all time.Not only trailblazers but several re-inventions to the point where if you listen to a best of album,its like having 10 different bands on there.

[@Limagris912]

Dave, you're a very beautiful man now, as much as you were a breathtakingly gorgeus vampire in the past!!

[@harmonikan4949]

These guys never lost it.

[@jaypercy5974]

Actually the saints were together in Brisbane in '73-'75 and they had their own label before signing major deal and released stranded in '75 .

[@napoleonsolo7248]

Good times, take me back and don't wake me up.

[@davidkunikis6687]

One great punk rawk album.

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

God Bless 'The Damned' ! dx

[@grungil7570]

Legends.

[@deedonnerramone4757]

I was originally an all Ramones guy, I mean it was I who had purchased this weird New York Magazine - Rock Scene - that had photos of these guys with leather jackets, ripped jeans and deck shoes - you know how hard it was to find deck shoes in Detroit in 1976? They were my guys. I got into the Pistols in 1977, but I had no room for the Damned. Too bad for me. I love Capt. Sensible's work.

[@eldongranier829]

Late to the party here, but can anyone explain why a fire extinguisher suddenly appeared on stage around the 12 minute mark?

[@garmit61]

Still seems neat neat neat to me

[@adib396]

zork see what you did there. Nice. 😉

[@ScragNath]

Our 4 inch master was stolen in 1978 before we could mix it into a 1/4 inch. Bugger, we could have been famous.

[@misanthrope.]

13:59 did Dave say “Hello Adam” LMAOOOO

[@stovis]

I heard it too.

[@davids2254]

What does that mean?

[@PeDenBe]

have a go in Tivoli-Vredenburg; if you try so

[@thevelointhevale1132]

... And Australian Band - The Saints, album came out in February of 1976 and the Single was Released in the U.K in September 1976 ... so The Saints BEAT both The Damned and Pistols to the punch!

[@MP-ve4cj]

That was a pretty decent album! The single 'I'm Stranded' was and is, a little-known classic that still sounds excellent today.

[@patricialockhart2135]

The Saints were an Australian band so the Darnned were the first British Band to put out a single and album, Saints were good though and I'm stranded is a great album

[@grrr.9998]

Sid (Vicious) was invited to try out as lead singer of the Damned the same day as Vanian but Sid failed to turn up. There was animosity between the two of them thereafter.

[@patrickfitzgerald409]

There were probably 100 other singers auditioning!? They got the right one!

[@jonblazeinc]

Apparently (according to Sid) the damned gave Sid a wrong time or wrong address for the audition so making it much more favourable for Dave vanian for when he turned up for the audition. Once Dave won the audition Sid hated the damned for their attempt to sabotage him from joining them which led to the glass throwing incident at the punk festival few months later when Sid threw a glass at the damned while they played thus girl in the audience ended up blind in 1 eye from the shattered glass

[@Formula-602]

David looks like the guy who hosts TCM movies!.ha ha

[@prokesuk]

Blair Holben Ha! I knew he reminded me of someone but I couldn't place it. Ben Manciewicz, grandson of the co -writer of Citizen Kane.

[@Muirton66]

Sensible has always had beef with the Pistols, nearly every interview he gets his dig in, it verges on an obsession.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

yup the Pistols were a whole other deal. to keep comparing themselves especially now is kinda meaningless

[@DarthEcoli]

Godsdamnit! I love Captain Sensible!. Dave's pretty awesome too though.

[@Aurora2097]

I like the damned..

[@h.m.7218]

Never cared about the first 2 albums. But Machine Gun Etiquette, the third one is a true punk pop masterpiece.

[@selvafares3754]

🙇

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Where's the found of the damned

[@micmac1121]

Yo, early song were all Brian James!bLove the Damnedbut anything off the first album., Brian James on GUITAR! Love ya captain but you played bass, "SAY WHAT? SAY CAPTAIN! "SAY WHAT? SAY CAPTAIN!

[@aivopark]

And Stratocaster can make the greatest sound ever. Motörheads Ace of spades and Jimi Hendrix proved that.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Ace of Spades was on a Strat. I had no idea. A big sound on that.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

aivopark both used fuzz and wah wah

[@robertwatson5104]

First time I saw The Damned on Supersonic,,, it blew my mind ,, great times . It’s so boring now

[@paulcollings4543]

Is it true that the captain payed naked with the damned at the rainbow?

[@stephenmccoy898]

Captain got ballick naked all the time lol doesn't give a fuck

[@duffbaker9554]

Wouldn't be surprised if it were true. The show I was at, back in 2007, he mooned the audience and then spread his cheeks wide open. Was not expecting that at all...not a pretty sight.

[@MisterJonVox]

Brian James...

[@dobindobs7977]

Captain wot a top Blagger!...........Rock stars charging for VIP tickets at their shows........I still Love Um tho!

[@NBM3]

Well it was the 1st "Punk " 45.

[@YoungNino2017]

no... Ramones had about 4 or 5 before them idiot

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Where’s rat scabby?

[@davehoward22]

They hate each other

[@susieteacake]

@@davehoward22 Not anymore, apparently...

[@stephenmccoy898]

Expensive but what to fuck they are fuckin legends, I've got mine 2 nights glasgow and Manchester they need a pension fund 🤣🤣

[@stephenmccoy898]

@@davehoward22 seen them to many to count, was at the 40th RAH great night

[@stephenmccoy898]

@@davehoward22 I'd go see them every night if I could lol

[@TheCONTAX139]

CONTAX T3

[@happyharryhardon6791]

why is the interviewer standing above them like that?

[@duffbaker9554]

Something to do with the turntable, perhaps..

[@alanollier9683]

Could listen for an hour, far to short.

[@davidwhite4874]

Dave Vanian looks like Elvis Costello here...

[@icenitribe2967]

I wrote "new rose", "born to kill" and "neat neat neat" in 73. Dave n Capt lied.

[@pra6169]

Maybe they wrote the lyrics and not the music back in that time

[@icenitribe2967]

@@pra6169 Most bands in the recording industry do not write their own music. The Damned Came to my house 1975 to talk about it. I wrote most of the Black album too.

[@baronsaturday9560]

When cap's talking, he doesn't stop. I also wanna hear what Vanian has to say for once. You annoying Pete Townshend.

[@Best_Wrestling_Promos]

Weird factoid: The Damned don't do good interviews...

[@executionsquad3926]

Horrible woman.