The Damned

The Damned — So, Who's Paranoid?

You have to admire Dave Vanian and friends for keeping true to their weird goth/punk roots through four decades, but So, Who's Paranoid? blows. It clocks in at more than an hour and most songs are longer than four minutes, so it's a really tedious album to absorb since the tracks are way too long and certainly don't offer much in terms of variety...
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So, Who's Paranoid?

Song Of The Day: Leatherface's "Melody Lee" (The Damned Cover)

In case you're unfamiliar with them (which is just wrong), Leatherface are a hardcore punk band from Sunderland, England. They're one of the acts appearing on No Future: A Tribute To The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, which will be out May 3. Here, Leatherface put a bit of a grimier, grittier spin on The Damned's "Melody Lee," which...
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The Damned, Danko Jones Cancel U.S. Tour

Danko Jones and The Damned have cancelled their North American tour that was to launch Wednesday because The Damned were unable to get visas to enter the country. The two bands were to spend the rest of this month playing dates throughout the U.S. The Damned would have been supporting last year's So, Who's Paranoid?, while Danko Jones were...
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Danko Touring With Damned

Danko Jones will support U.K. punk legends The Damned on their upcoming North American tour this fall. The Damned are touring in support of last year's So, Who's Paranoid?, while Danko Jones will be supporting the U.S. release of last year's Never Too Loud, which comes out south of the border Sept. 8. Danko Jones the man is featured in the...
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Pumping: The Damned — So, Who's Paranoid?

The Damned are still around? Who knew? We thought they were one of those bands that angry old punks who've given up sit around and listen to when they get together to talk about how much better things were back in the old days.
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The Damned's Grave Touring-Related Disorder

U.K. punk artifacts The Damned have just completed their U.S. and Canadian tour for the fetching, lavishly packaged Grave Disorder album (Nitro Records) and have returned to jolly England for a bout of Stab Your Back on the friendly shores of home. After this, it's onto Italy and then perhaps a return to North America in April 2002. Vampiric...
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The Damned Are Grave And Disorderly

Proving that punk rock didn't die with Joey Ramone, British punkers the Damned are releasing their first album in longer than you've been listening to punk. The first British punk act to release an album or to cross the Big Pond and tour North America, these cats have been at it for a good quarter of a decade, and can still manage to kick our...
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