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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on March 08, 2025, 01:38:24 PM

Title: The Damned’s founding guitarist Brian James has died, aged 70
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 08, 2025, 01:38:24 PM

Saw them a couple of times

https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-damneds-founding-guitarist-brian-james-has-died-aged-70-3844318

Title: Re: The Damned’s founding guitarist Brian James has died, aged 70
Post by: Alan Burns on March 08, 2025, 06:42:26 PM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 08, 2025, 01:38:24 PM

Saw them a couple of times

https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-damneds-founding-guitarist-brian-james-has-died-aged-70-3844318

A sad loss.
I have fond memories of the Damned doing Middlesbrough town hall in 1977 - one of the most exciting live performances I have ever seen.
A brilliant guitarist and composer, responsible for bringing a breath of fresh air to a music scene which had become boringly stagnant in the mid seventies.
I recall John Peel making "New Rose" record his of the week for several weeks in succession because nothing else came near it.