THE DAMNED / DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED The Damned blazed a trail when they became the very first British punk band to release a single"", ""New Rose"","" on October 22"", 1976"", which was swiftly followed by the release of the very first British punk album"", their classic debut long-player Damned Damned Damned"", originally released by Stiff Records on February 18"", 1977. Charting at #36 in the UK upon release"", the album has reached legendary status over the 45 years since. At just a half an hour long"", Damned Damned Damned is a stone cold classic of rock & roll fire and coupled with the band's take-no-prisoners aesthetic"", the Damned left rhetoric for the theoreticians and political posing for the Clash. All the foursome wanted to do was rock. The original line-up of Dave Vanian"", Captain Sensible"", Brian James and Rat Scabies regrouped last year and will perform the album in it's entirety in November 2026 on a one-off tour. Pressed on standard black vinyl.
