The Damned are the greatest punk rock band of all-time, so logic would also have it, that they are also the greatest rock and roll band of all time. I write this because punk rock is the only genre of ...

As mentioned, The Damned welcomed drummer Rat Scabies back into the fold late last year, which reunites the early-’80s lineup of the punk icons who, along with Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, and Paul ...

In some ways, British proto-punk Dave Vanian really missed his calling. Instead of fronting legendary outfit The Damned for the past four-plus decades, in another parallel universe he would have made ...

Cover albums are often a dodgy proposition. The better ones tend to be well-performed versions of usually well-known songs, yet even in instances where the performances are more inspired than merely ...

The nearest The Damned came to “making it big” was during the mid-Eighties, when lead singer Dave Vanian’s gothic sensibilities meshed with a crisp music hall poppiness, on the album Phantasmagoria.