Beloved by System Of A Down and Slipknot, Acid Bath are playing bigger shows than they ever did in their 90s heyday

London Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.

Rat City Rockers TEE PEE

Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

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