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| BACK ON THIS DAY 30 YEARS AGO ....FRIDAY 18TH 1977 |
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| Howard Devoto lead singer in The Buzzcocks has decided to take a break from band duties to concentrate on his less strenuous College Studies!!!! "The break is to do with the fact that I'm tired of noise and short of breath. I'm sick of having to address people out of breath and under my breath!" - Howard Devoto February 1977 The Boys play the Roxy tonight and it's recorded live but never released! play London's South Bank Polytechnic tonight. play Crawley Technical college tonight. |
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| The Damned had the first punk 45 and today they've let loose their first album!!! They celebrate by playing Scarborough, Penthouse tonight. And it just so happens to be their guitarist, Bryan James Birthday too. 'Damned, Damned, Damned' is issued a month before the Clash and a full seven months before 'Never Mind The Bollocks', the first full length Punk album. Containing classics such as 'Fan Club', 'Neat Neat Neat' and Scabies 'Stab Your Back'. Damned, Damned, Damned was produced by Nick Lowe and Stiff Productions. It was again recorded at Pathway Studios in 10 days over a period of six weeks, and engineered by Bazza. Producer Lowe says he did not put any instruments into air tight boxes, although at one stage during 'Born to Kill' they had to put Captain Sensible in one. As a marketing gambit to push sales, some of The Damned's albums were sold with Eddie and the Hot Rods on the cover!!!! Hey, what do you expect by a record label called Stiff who uses the tagline: "if it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a fuck." The Damned Damned, Damned, Damned (Stiff seez1) 1977 This debut is the absolute Damned at their damnedest! A time when the Captain was happy to dress up in nurses uniforms and merely be the manic bass player, Rat was the powerhouse drummer, Bryan James was slashing those fret boards with glee while Dave Vanian was Bela Lugosi on speed! From the high octane intro of 'Neat Neat Neat' to the sadistic strains of 'Feel The Pain' this albums 12 adrenaline soaked rushes of amphetamine frenzy are mad, frantic and crave your attention fast! This punk rock time capsule captures their current stage set list on vinyl brilliantly. Not many albums can unleash this energy in one sitting. It's bottled up in a tiny recording booth and unleashed on an unsuspecting 1977 public without mercy. Another exceptional example of recording raw aggressive punk on a paltry budget proves that if the intensity is there a flawed masterpiece can only be created. This LP captures the Damned at their destructible best! And like it says on the sleeve 'Made To Be Played Loud At Low Volume'...Punk Rock Classic! Peter Don't Care |
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