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unusual facts about The Damned



Alone Again Or

Versions have subsequently been recorded by an eclectic variety of bands and singers including UFO (1977), The Damned (1986), The Oblivians (1993), Sarah Brightman (1990), The Boo Radleys (1991), Chris Pérez Band (1999), Calexico (2004), Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (2006), Les Fradkin (2007).

Bunty

The lyrics to the song "Melody Lee" by the British punk rock group The Damned, on their 1979 album Machine Gun Etiquette, were borrowed entirely from the dialogue balloons of Bunty comics.

Corpse paint

The earliest rock groups to don makeup similar to corpse paint included Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Arthur Brown in the 1960s, Secos & Molhados, Alice Cooper and Kiss in the 1970s and, later that decade, punk rockers like The Misfits and singer David Vanian of The Damned.

Couch Flambeau

1982 to 1986 were the band's most active years in Milwaukee, which found them headlining clubs and opening concerts for the Violent Femmes, The Replacements, The Damned, and the Butthole Surfers.

I, Superbiker

The film score was written & recorded by David Vanian David Vanian, the frontman of the punk & alternative rock band The Damned.

JC Carroll

In 2008 Carroll re-established The Members as a live and recording band with original bassist Chris Payne and new drummer Nick Cash (later to be replaced in 2010 by Rat Scabies of The Damned).

Karl-Otto Alberty

With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations on the role of German officers in a series of films, notably The Battle of the Bulge (1965), Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969), and as a tank commander in Kelly's Heroes (1970).

Loren Israel

He toured the country with these bands, opening for bands like Bad Religion, the Sugarcubes, Soul Asylum, Social Distortion, the Damned, and the Smithereens.

New Musik

Mansfield went on to achieve considerable success in the field of production with After the Fire, a-ha, Aztec Camera, The B-52's, The Damned, Captain Sensible, Naked Eyes, Mari Wilson, Jean Paul Gaultier, Miguel Bosé, and Ana Torroja.

Rat Scabies and The Holy Grail

It is a gonzo-esque quest to find the Holy Grail by punk rock legend Rat Scabies, the one-time drummer of The Damned, with whom Dawes strikes up a friendship when the two become neighbours in the London suburb of Brentford.

Roman Jugg

An acquaintance of Paul Gray, Jugg was originally hired in late 1981, recording various projects for The Damned, Naz Nomad and the Nightmares and David Vanian And The Phantom Chords.

Start at the Top

Included are Skin Yard's Sub Pop single, their "Stranger" single (on Toxic Shock Records), "Machine Gun Etiquette" from The Damned covers comp.

Starwood Club

Some of the acts from outside of California who played at the Starwood include; The Damned, Dokken, Devo, The Jam, Cheap Trick, The Ramones, Dead Boys, The Stranglers, AC/DC, Slade, Vince Vance & the Valiants, Rush, and The Fleshtones.

The Lords of the New Church

Formed in 1982, the band comprised the punk pioneers Stiv Bators (The Dead Boys), Brian James (The Damned), Dave Tregunna (Sham 69) and Nick Turner (The Barracudas).

Trouser Press

The magazine provided in-depth articles on bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Boomtown Rats, The Clash, The Damned, the Ramones, Television, and many other similar groups, long before other U.S. music publications did.

Your Choice Live Series Vol.03

The band also performed the songs "Passing Through" and Smash It Up (by The Damned) which were left off this album and appear on the It's Your Choice compilation.


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Alternate-side parking

In The Order of the Stick, goblins allegedly invented alternate-side parking, in addition to the oboe and guacamole, thus securing their place among the damned.

Benjamin Ireson

The 1941 film adaptation of The Devil and Daniel Webster names Ireson as one of the Jury of the Damned - "Floyd Ireson and Stede Bonnet, the fiendish butchers."

Die' Hunns

In 2002 Peters met Corey Parks (sister of former NBA basketball player Cherokee Parks), formerly of Nashville Pussy, at a The Damned show.

Disciples II: Dark Prophecy

The first map of the Legions of the Damned campaign in "Servants of the Dark" is titled Beggar's Banquet, after the Rolling Stones album of the same name, the first album to feature the song "Sympathy for the Devil" - the Legions being the demonic race of the game.

Dust of the Damned

Dust of the Damned is a 2012 novel by Western author Peter Brandvold.

Edward the Bear

The song bears a striking resemblance to "Baby Sign Here With Me" by Henry Badowski, who toured with The Damned for a short time in the eighties.

Manic Hispanic

Examples include songs such as The Damned's "New Rose" retitled "New Rosa", and Eddie and the Subtitles' "American Society" retitled "Mexican Society." The Menudo Incident also contains a version of Tejano/country musician Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls", a bilingual hit when released by Fender in the 1970s.

Palace of the Damned

Palace of the Damned is the third installment in The Saga of Larten Crepsley, the prequel series to The Saga of Darren Shan, written by Irish author Darren Shan.

Reign in Hell

Recognizing what would happen if the damned rose up against him, Neron has his consort Lilith, the "mother of all earthborn fiends," summon all vampires, ghouls, werewolves, and infernally powered humans to Hell.

Starlord

Planet of the Damned, a passenger jet vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle and the passengers find themselves on a hostile alien world.