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CAMDEN TOWN’S FINEST HELPED DEFINE THE EARLY 80s WITH THEIR DISTINCTL

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Classic Pop Magazine

10 October, 2024

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The rolling stones

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Thin lizzy

74-75: Night Life / Fighting UMR

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Neat neat neat

Fifty years on from their explosive debut single “New Rose”, THE DAMNED have evolved from punk pioneers to national treasures. But as a new album pays tribute to Brian James, their fallen co-founder, bandmates Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies – along with sundry eyewitnesses and ne’erdo-wells – recall the volatile beginnings, creative vision and incorrigible spirit of The Damned’s groundbreaking first act. “It was CID, villains and the Captain in a nurse’s outfit,” hears Peter Watts

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The good place

From the bayou to Woodstock and back – the easygoing adventures of Bobby Charles. By John Mulvey.

MOJO

The mojo interview

Squeeze ’s songwriting duo are back in harness, toting a rock opera they wrote in the ’70s with an all-new album to come. Given their near-constant strife, it’s a miracle. But as they insist, “the thing that always brings us together is the songs…”