By Gary Graff The Damned was on the eve of a South American tour last March 6 when word came that its founding guitarist, Brian James, had passed away at the age of 74. It was news that hit hard, not ...

An appetite for self-destruction left Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies hugely influential but financially insecure. They’re back with a big show and their first album together since 1995 ...

Brian wasn’t like everybody else.” The Damned’s guitarist Captain Sensible remembers first meeting his late bandmate and ...

On January 23, The Damned release their new album Not Like Everybody Else, a tribute to the sadly departed Brian James, the ...

It's been an emotional year for The Damned. The classic punk band behind "New Rose," "Smash It Up" and "Neat Neat Neat" have spent most of 2025 on the road, playing to adoring fans across the world: ...

Fifty years in, and they’re still finding new ways to surprise. Punk history just collided with a classic summer anthem.

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 ...

A definitive and defiant sense of ‘full circle’ is immediately purveyed in this eagerly-awaited album release of mainly ...

San Antonio’s Paper Tiger welcomed a bill of UK punk pioneers Wednesday night, headlined by the Damned, a band known both for its smash-and-bash riffage and its trailblazing goth touches. The night ...

Brian James, founding guitarist and songwriter of seminal British punk group The Damned who later played with Stiv Bators in The Lords of the New Church, died Thursday. He was 70. His family confirmed ...

The Damned have cancelled their scheduled performances in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver this weekend, citing a "catastrophic event" at a band member’s home. The Punk legends - comprising Dave ...