The Damned - Smash it Up Old Grey Whistle Test, Stage wrecked!

[@neilcurran1589]

RIP Annie Nightingale 12th January 2024. Great D.J and pioneer of women in music media.

[@clash4ever]

A performance with humour, that didn't happen so often in punk. In addition, "The Old Grey Whistle Test" was a great programme for me, because the musicians / groups had to show what they can do here on a small stage. So they often had to go back to their origins.

[@FRANKIIFRANKI]

goddamned Dave Vanian was hot

[@djhex1278]

he actually stills looks good for his age, one of the few old punks who isn't fat and bloated haha

[@FRANKIIFRANKI]

DJ Hex He didn't age bad at all really. but he was a lot hotter around this time.

[@djhex1278]

ah yeah the funny part is I'm beginning to think he's a vampire, saw a pic of him lately and he hasn't aged much :P

[@jacquelineroverud8294]

Was, and still is. I can't get over it.

[@emen_98]

At the wonderful age of 62 is still super hot

[@ack3102]

By far one of the best punk bands ever & still going hard today, cess it all.

[@chrisburrows5970]

Nevermind punk, one of the best bands ever, period.

[@Stranglerxx77]

Stranglers and the mighty Damned

[@Maguirearch]

That's Annie Nightingale introducing the band. She must have been aged at least in her early thirties or even aged around Forty at this point in time. She was very fashionable as a teenager early and in her early twenties ( check out photos of her in the 60s when I think she was a model some time in the 60s) She started to DJ back in the late 60s....she's now over 80 and still Radio DJing and is actually now big into Modern Techno music !!!

[@quentinkaasa47]

😮 DAMN!

[@MB-vk8cv]

She just died in January 2024 at 84.

[@oldirtydasher]

RIP Annie

[@franko69]

RIP Annie.

[@soon3732]

Thank you !

[@TS50ER]

The studio is haunted by The Who. LOL! She handled that well.

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

Who is the presenter?

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

@Bad Lieutenant 👍🏼.

[@acampbell8614]

@@thesound-chameleonman3580Annie Nightingale

[@tb-cg6vd]

Aged 9, I can't decide what had a greater impact, Captain Sensible's keyboard solo, smashing up the keyboard or his fried egg tshirt. Quite frankly, it all seemed pretty outrageous when I went back to Barnsbury Primary school the next day.

[@sphereballs]

"I just can't finish this song today"

[@jetboy_]

6:12 the way Rat reacts to realizing he is now front and center with that stare kills me.

[@einsteinsbrain435]

it's hot tbh

[@absolving]

I could feel the awkwardness through the screen!

[@AB-wr8vl]

Centre

[@stupididiot6116]

It’s called amphetamine!

[@michaelvronksy8748]

'Don't wanna be a sucker like all the rest...' What a lyric!!

[@garywhitehead4160]

Algy Ward.. RIP And forever keep smashing it up 😢

[@Georgio16100]

Vanian taped the mic to his hand xD

[@olivelime9493]

Georgio16100 omg I thought that was a glove until I read your comment lolol

[@clintmcdonald1510]

he was too drunk and he kept dropping it so that was his idea

[@MrJthomas70]

What The???🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PuNkJuNk63]

Maybe it was very heavy, did u thought that? Nobody gives a f about the bloody mic

[@paulbritish2194]

Bloody drunks getting into show biz .I don't know

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

RIP Annie Nightingale, 1940-2024.

[@boneymaroney9763]

Rat Scabies: best name in rock.

[@donaldgrump9557]

And Dinah Cancer.

[@knightoftherealm3653]

Best drummer in rock too

[@thereforeayam]

It's for when (the) scabies want to make out

[@LukSter18998]

@@knightoftherealm3653beating bill ward??

[@indiglo1971]

There used to be a band in Austin called Dinah Shore, jr.​@@donaldgrump9557

[@Limagris912]

I've been chain-consuming Damned videos for over a week now and I've completely fallen for them as a band and for Dave as a one-in-a-lifetime specimen, this band deserves to be praised, and it's wonderful to grow old with them, in each one of their passionate phases they have been outstanding, they've experimented stuff... in a very honest way.. I confess back in the day I was too much into Siouxsie and..., J. Division, etc. and didn't pay much attention to Damned... but now I have converted myself!!! And as for Dave.... as a young punk kid, as a mysterious dark lover, as a rockabilly crooner or today's version of a classy but dangerously attractive gentleman... he never failed to surprise and please us all... and we love him for that!!! Love Captain too!

[@knightoftherealm3653]

Have you tried grave disorder and so who's paranoid albums from the 2000s.still producing awesome music.

[@knightoftherealm3653]

Theres a film documentary made a couple of years ago about them Cecilia.Its called dont you wish that we were dead.thats a great watch👍

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

You and your wet knickers again

[@FRANKIIFRANKI]

Well Said

[@mmff5242]

@@FRANKIIFRANKI .

[@bunnyfish714]

Classic punk rock music from the masters

[@zellah]

You need (ed) a sense of humor to truly appreciate The Damned. Still love them!

[@ageofmaya8492]

+Maureen Sullivan Yeah - if I want to laugh, I watch their video

[@thedamnedrose6665]

This is why I love them. Weird and funny! Legends!

[@zellah]

+Rose Bud Totally!

[@zellah]

+Maureen Sullivan Besides being adorable; )

[@thedamnedrose6665]

+Maureen Sullivan oh ofcourse! 😊 lovable lads! ☺️

[@thedamnedrose6665]

I'm in love with vanian!

[@lindasmith6316]

Who isn't?!

[@KomradeKrusher]

I'm a straight male, and -I- am in love with Dave. As well as with his wife, Patricia Morrison. They're like a real life Morticia and Gomez.

[@adrianadelapena2454]

We all.are❤

[@jamesjukebox2386]

R.I.P Annie.

[@celticwarrior1365]

How cool Dave looked then and still looks now in 2017.

[@colddarkness1798]

6:04 love it how Dave Vanian reaction is what was done with the drums when he also was so drunk love the reaction on his vampire face

[@katelennon6869]

Stunning Dave Vanian

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

Wet your knickers again

[@richwall6304]

The damned could play to 500 spitting punks in a sweaty club, or just as easily do a slot on a kids TV show.. Dave vanian was the original goth.. paving the way for lux interior, Nick fiend, Andrew eldritch and countless others.. what a band 😁

[@OlafProt]

Their 10th anniversary show was brilliant. Post-Captain but Roman Jugg was ace too. Annie was forever dreamy. Never knowingly uncool. Her and Peel kept new British music in the consciousness.

[@Limagris912]

Dave, beautiful dark angel

[@rainbowgenerator]

Brilliant! remember watching this when it was broadcast and holding my old cassette deck up to the telly to record the sound :)

[@nigelprosser5692]

Me too, 😂😂👍

[@missyminx5989]

Haha Dave reaction at 6 min + when he finally put the mic down. Loved it.

[@LimaHotel807]

I saw them live last week and must say they’re still very energetic and one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen.

[@Pearlydewdropsdrop]

I have the fattest crush on Dave lmao. Viva THE DAMNED

[@cecilunit385]

I'm guessing Vanian was cracking up at 3:22 after Sensible's guitar and candles fell over and was trying to hide it.

[@SomeRandomHobo44]

Lol, spot on

[@mightyV444]

@Cecil Unit - And not long after quickly switching on Captain Sensible's keyboard amp for him, too! X-)) I've known this clip for a while now but noticed that for the first time only today! :-)) @ 3:00

[@Hempknight123]

@@mightyV444 haha! well spotted! Captain said he was so drunk he forgot to turn the sound down on the guitar which is why there is constant feedback throughout the song

[@mightyV444]

@@Hempknight123 - It had taken me quite some time before I finally figuered this out myself, a while ago! x-)) So many moments in this performance that make me grin :-))

[@mrsleep0000]

Love how Rat gets all Keith Moon on the drums while Vanian and Algy are just like, okay, whatever, we're done huh?

[@VampireLily616]

This is all kinds of cute. love it when the candleabra falls off the keyboard! :D

[@Mr75044]

Annie Nightingale is 82.now.. Bless her.... She was on the punk rock Side when other radio 1 DJs constantly slagged it off. Even refusing to play it... She said if London Calling Made no1.she buy the clash a Cadillac.. She toured with the Police.

[@jodibrooklyn1033]

RIP Algy and Annie.

[@GnosticVictorian]

So much to laugh at in this 'performance'. Dave is so magnetic and sexy here.

[@mightyV444]

Apparently Dave Vanian is still grumpy with Captain Sensible to this day for tossing the organ off the stage - because it was his! X-))

[@InnerCityGirl1]

Love Annie. RIP.

[@stevenmitchell1504]

A fantastic performance and a wonderful tribute memory of Dear Anne Nightingale who introduced probably the best punk performance here that was on the show

[@scott12xu]

That look Scabies gives the camera at 6:12...😳

[@frostedhead]

Homeboy up there has a Motorhead t-shirt...

[@mauriciohernandezdiaz9825]

Algy Ward

[@utterlybrilliant]

RIP Algy.

[@paulbrimble8204]

Well worth checking out the whole discography esp Black Album and Strawberries

[@UneedaMedicalSupply]

Algy with the bass part at the very end cracks me up hahaha

[@uglycustard4488]

Yes that made me smile because I used to do something similar on my bass whenever our guitarist through a strop,but I made it go na na nan na nah..

[@DMusta1ne]

The best outro possible

[@daveowen3789]

RIP Algy

[@Zopf-international]

We seen this at the time and we all next day started walking around school corridors like Dave dancing lol. Havoc.

[@plan9channel7]

RIP Annie 🙏 you'll be sadly missed.

[@bustedfender]

What a wonderful shambles.

[@electricleg207]

Before joining/forming The Damned Rat Scabies auditioned for a band who described themselves as `tasteful jazz-rock` .He `bashed fuck out the of the kit broke the snare drum stood up farted and waited for them to tell me to piss off- which they did `.

[@deemdoubleu]

That folks is how you pack your stuff up at the end of a gig

[@jcoats5529]

I miss Rat being in the band. Big part of their sound

[@alanknotts1844]

Mind watching this at the time, one of the best performces ever on the OGWT. Chaotic brilliance.

[@wigarmy]

"Now pick all that up"

[@jetboy_]

as soon as the camera went off. 😂

[@1malkyt]

first album was pure class up there with the clash and pistols.

[@lauranewberry6520]

Saw this many years ago on the O.G.W.T. Brilliant band totally underrated one of the best punk bands totally unique

[@brendanmannion3192]

R.I.P Annie Nightingale. ❤

[@visionthing666]

LOL-THEY ROCK SO F'n HARD- I remember when I was following love and rockets- I met a girl who followed the dammed and she shared w/ me among other precious details that a)1 of her friends slept w/ rat & both were judged &hated 4 it?!?!?!(That still amazes me I mean WTF isn't that the point ) and that dave drank white vinegar to enhance his alabaster skin and assist in fitting into even tighter pants- At a time when 1 might turn up the volume so not to hear the sad sound of the hammer hitting yet another nail in the coffin of R'nR- This video is inspiring as a Battle Cry or a Banshees' Howl-now show your support & start signing your name in drawn blud

[@stifflittle1]

what ever organ he was using Cullen he SMASHED IT UP lol fantastic I can remember watching this when a was wee

[@jpsutty197]

I seriously wonder if Keith Moon taught Rat Scabies how to play the drums?

[@CMZIEBARTH]

Rat has admitted his influence.

[@gilramirez1373]

Seen them live 2012 house of not so blues sunset strip LA RIP loudest show since motorhead in 1985!!

[@MrKayley10]

Jesus christ, this is fucking incredible!!!

[@rickweber7734]

the sweetest nicest bunch of London Boys if ever there was one..God Love Their Souls!!

[@andrewbluebells2370]

when bands played live....and acted on the spur of the moment!

[@behelit1997]

0:06 *BRBRBRBRRBBRBRBRBRBRTTTT*

[@MrBoreray]

Shambolic brilliance,class!

[@TeresaBoots-qo5et]

I just saw them 2 weeks ago! What a great fucking show! I hadn't ever listened to their music. My most awesome gf said, I bought you a ticket because you should see them. My short little ass was right up there on the floor!!

[@bablue7345]

This is really very good.

[@charliebrown6850]

Seen them three times in last few years, awesome live. The best band at Rebellion 2015 by a distance imo.

[@highlandladdie824]

RIP Algy 🙏 💜

[@patricklee6066]

Best punk band ever.Unlike the clash who bored everyone with politics and dole queues,the damned just loved it all!

[@mikemessier7977]

Now that's entertainment!!

[@MrMeltdown]

That bass tone is literally still used by punk bands today. Love we it. Wonder what it’s earliest incantation was?

[@normanfahy7998]

Smash it up - classic Damned track.

[@andreaneilcmc]

Keyboards for Dummies!!!!!! Still works though.

[@tobymcgroby8967]

"There's a price on your... head, three times" who's cooler than Dave lol

[@Jambi2435]

I wondered why he said that. Now I think it's because he sings the line "there's a price on your head" three times here even though it is only meant to be in the the song once! 😂

[@rjn8001]

Ugh, they need to come to the NYC area soon. Missed em at Stone Pony last year. =(

[@glennpagemusic]

That was a great show at the Pony!

[@jerfisher3901]

Thanks Graham Furay. I've spent more than 40 years trying to decipher the lyrics to Smash It Up and you've identified 'your blow wave hairstyles' Mind you, I'm not convinced that Dave's singing those words here!

[@brötzmannsax]

One of the greatest live TV performances by any band ever!

[@doctorfrankeinsound4284]

You know wat!!! The last time i saw damned on "Batofar" in Paris(small place for a big bang ,heu!!!! band) There was a rat dancing on the dock of the Seine.

[@nseight]

Woman*you were the most wonderful host-Love this band*

[@nosherz]

such a polished performance

[@blackholerainbow3029]

I cannot heap enough praise upon The Damned. What a great fucking band!

[@allenaskew7894]

What a band

[@5-ht2a]

the candle fall down XD epic!!

[@YoungPike]

I wonder Who they were emulating!

[@SteveRes]

One of the best Whistle Test performances in history

[@PIERRECLARY]

this video always help me with my guilt and scruples when i have played a gig when the band was al over the place....

[@diabeticmonkey]

This version of Smash It Up stands head and shoulders over the studio version

[@voddynblack]

i still remember seeing this, i was 12`ish at the time....never looked back

[@jamieronnei9008]

Truly one of the great band performances on TV.

[@FP51DPO]

2nd favourite band of this era, they did sound great and at times very very musical.. stood the test of time not like all from that era

[@evilrobottolhurst]

"A New Rose" came out six months before the Ramones started IIRC. They were great too. In 2014 it would have to be "The Damned - brought to you by Fender and Premier Drums"...

[@ktkee7161]

So why do people say the Ramones were the first punk band then?

[@reuireuiop0]

"...we must bear in mind... " =DENG DENG= "...that.." =DENG DENG= "..these studios.." =DENG DENG= "...are haunted by the Who.. " ROFL ROFL ROFL X-)

[@peterdaigle4772]

Fuck, they're actually plugged in!

[@stephenjackson6415]

2022 … still remember this when it came out on bbc2 ogwt.. proper …

[@agonyuncle879]

They toured with T.S.O.L back in the fall.. would have loved to have seen that show

[@elliotkcollins]

Not the best time to read the keyboard Manuel during your televised live show, but that’s “The Damned.”

[@karinchristina8345]

Out of alle the punk bands I saw back in the 70s and 80s (and I saw loads and met quite a few) The Damned were the craziest and never tried preaching to anyone.

[@memyself4742]

Well they're definitely not Emerson Lake and Palmer.

[@markusantonio4866]

Yeah, ELP! Thanks Britain for the great music!

[@evaluacionmonitoreo3484]

tremenda banda!!!

[@thehanterman1]

Absolutely Brilliant.

[@marcclaydon6296]

RIP Annie.