The Damned

Thirty seven years on, and the rush of witnessing a Damned live show is still comparable to that first buzz of energy released at some long forgotten sweat box of youth. A series of inspired, ambitious albums and amazing live shows combining full-on rock energy, stylish sense of performance, and humorous deadpan cool are not necessarily what anyone would have thought whenRay Burns and Chris Millar met in 1974.

Burns and Millar — more famously known in later years as guitarist/singer Captain Sensible and manic drummer Rat Scabies — kept in touch as both struggled in the stultifying mid-’70s London scene. They went on to rub shoulders with the likes of The Sex Pistols and had a string of hits – the only difference is The Damned are still on the circuit smashing it all across the country!