An appetite for self-destruction left Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies hugely influential but financially insecure. They’re back with a big show and their first album together since 1995 ...

OG punks salute Brian James with a selection of the late guitarist’s favourite tunes, including songs by Pink Floyd, The Stooges and The Kinks.

By Gary Graff The Damned was on the eve of a South American tour last March 6 when word came that its founding guitarist, Brian James, had passed away at the age of 74. It was news that hit hard, not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Not Like Everybody Else' album artwork. (earMUSIC/BFD/The Orchard) Influential punk band The Damned has announced a new covers ...

The Damned will release a covers album. It's called Not Like Everybody Else and it's out January 23, via the band directly. The release is being billed as a tribute to founding guitar player Brian ...

Brian wasn’t like everybody else.” The Damned’s guitarist Captain Sensible remembers first meeting his late bandmate and ...

It's been an emotional year for The Damned. The classic punk band behind "New Rose," "Smash It Up" and "Neat Neat Neat" have spent most of 2025 on the road, playing to adoring fans across the world: ...

Fifty years in, and they’re still finding new ways to surprise. Punk history just collided with a classic summer anthem.

Monty Oxymoron, keyboardist for The Damned, has released a Damned covers album… except, it is entirely in classical piano style. It's called The Piano Plays 'Til Midnight and it's out now via Damaged ...

This week's biggest album releases finds Louis Tomlinson hit his solo groove, The Damned toast 50 years with covers, Megadeth ...

A definitive and defiant sense of ‘full circle’ is immediately purveyed in this eagerly-awaited album release of mainly ...