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	The Damned - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Original members Dave Vanian (David Lett), Captain Sensible (Ray Burns), and Rat Scabies (Chris Millar) were all members of the semi-legendary Masters of the Backsides which included future Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde.
		Vanian's deadpan intro ("Is she really going out with him?") was later borrowed by Joe Jackson for the title of arguably his best-known song.
		Likewise, Vanian's vocals had expanded from the high-baritone barks of the early records to a range including a smooth, proto-Gothic croon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Damned (1680 words)

	Billboard.BIZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Vanian recently reunited with original guitarist/showman extraordinaire Captain Sensible to record a new album, "Grave Disorder" (due August 21 via Nitro), the first studio collaboration between the pair in nearly 20 years.
		Vanian gets to fully showcase his vocal talents on the eerie and hallucinatory power ballad "Absinthe," as well as the evocative horror film tribute "Beauty of the Beast." He indulges his romantic side on "She," a raunchy valentine to Morrison, who happens to be his wife.
		Vanian, on the other hand, has expressed an interest in rejoining his side project, the goth/rockabilly band the Phantom Chords, when the Damned's tour is over.
	www.billboard.com /bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1018112 (929 words)

	Look At This (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With the recent talk about Dave Vanian joining the resurrected Misfits, this itself spurring all kinds of rumours, I thought it was time to set the record straight as to all of the relations (or lack off) between the two groups.
		According to the Misfits, Dave Vanian was the only Damnedster being "nice to them" during this trip, so perhaps this was why the "once bitten twice shy" lesson didn't stick when they approached Dave again in 1981.
		Dave Vanian and Algy Ward was good to us, but Rat and Captain kept making "cripple" jokes at me [Bobby Steele has a bad leg].
	www.misfitscentral.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?file=marticle/neat.96 (4312 words)

	Damned - Gravegiggers (Gig Reviews) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dave Vanian, in Vegas-style leopard spot silk shirt, leather gloves etc, had less room to move around the stage than usual, but his presence, (as well as his unique vocal), was nonetheless powerful.
		Dave and the Captain were performing like their lives depended on it and we appreciated them for it all the more.
		Vanian was dominating the stage with his presence and the sound was excellent with all band members holding the sound together tightly.
	thunder.prohosting.com /~naznomad/grave3.htm (13199 words)

	The Damned -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Vanian's deadpan intro--"Is she really going out with him?"--was later borrowed by (additional info and facts about Joe Jackson) Joe Jackson for the title of arguably his best-known song.
		Their first album, Damned Damned Damned featured a stomping cover of (additional info and facts about The Stooges) The Stooges' '1970,' retitled 'I Feel Alright.' Scabies' powerful, (additional info and facts about Keith Moon) Keith Moon-style drumming is prominent throughout.
		The Damned have remained active to the present, usually centered aroud Vanian and Sensible.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_damned.htm (1110 words)

	Hartford Advocate: Damned STRAIGHT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dave Vanian, the only constant member through each one of the Damned's incarnations, isn't so sure.
		There he met guitarist Brian James and the two hit it off, deciding they'd start their own band, the Masters of the Backside (the band was managed by Malcolm McLaren, who later managed the Pistols, and its singer was Chrissie Hynde, who later formed the Pretenders).
		Vanian says most of the Damned's contemporaries started leaning more towards infusing politics into the music.
	hartfordadvocate.com /gbase/News/content?oid=oid:29158 (1764 words)

	:: onewaylove.com - a dedication to the damned ::
		Vanian has been the only official singer for The Damned since they formed in 1976.
		Filled in on vocals for late 1978 Scotland gigs after Dave Vanian didn't turn up the day the band were due to leave.
		The band made it through these gigs by telling the audience that Vanian had died and the gigs were a memorial to him.
	www.onewaylove.com /members.html (1311 words)

	The Damned, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Vanian's own history allegedly included singing "I Love the Dead" and "Dead Babies" while working as a gravedigger, but whatever the background, he proved to be a perfect frontman.
		Vanian's smart crooning and spooky theatricality ended up more or less founding goth rock inadvertently (with nearly all his clones forgetting what he always kept around -- an open sense of humor).
		Vanian, having reestablished contact with Sensible during the former's touring work with his Phantom Chords band, responded by breaking with Scabies, reuniting fully with Sensible and recruiting a new group to take over the identity of the Damned.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10563/10563707.html (1734 words)

	The Damned - The Junction, Cambridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On stage Dave prowled and sneered in customary suave ghoul fashion, ripping his way through the lyrical feast that is ‘Love Song’.
		With this more complex material Dave really gets the chance to shine and we get a glimpse of the creative energy that has kept The Damned at the top of their game for years.
		Dave shuffled off to one side of the stage and seemed to mysteriously hide away for about three minutes.
	www.bizarreingredients.co.uk /gigs/damned3/damned3.html (1767 words)

	Chapter 2: The Bubble Bursts
		The Vanians returned from Sussex and continued their honeymoon on The Damned's European tour at the end of September, while the first single, the appalling 'Problem Child', was released in Britain.
		It was the rooming, always Rat and Captain sharing, and Brian and Dave, which was at the root of a lot of it.
		Dave Robinson: "When we first signed them, they fitted the Stiff image which was fun rather than serious music.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~mhuey/damned (5149 words)

	The Damned - Live 2001 / 2002
		Captain, Pinch, and Monte were walking around inside the bar before the show talking to fans, which is something that makes this band such a treat to see.
		I was lucky enough to go on their bus and talk with Dave and Patricia as well, who were very kind, as always.
		Dave shows off Aquafina - moments after getting off stage.
	geocities.com /tvradioguru/damned.html (658 words)

	Eternity
		Vanian, the one constant in this Damned dynamic, has maintained a just-this-side-of-undead look for the last 15 years that makes one wonder if he's finally made it to the other side.
		But Vanian, apparently alive and well, likes to talk about music, particularly about his uncanny ability to tap everything from punk, goth and surf pop to western, flamenco, ballad and B-horror-flick soundtrack.
		Vanian and Sensible got back together when spinoff projects landed them on the same bill at a gig.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/2002-10-10/music5.shtml (689 words)

	Review: "Grave Disorder"
		Vanian’s voice had become stronger, and remained unique even as “new romance” eclipsed punk on the British music scene.
		Vanian and Captain Sensible are the only remaining members of the original group.
		Dave Vanian can still sing, and his delivery is rich and vibrant as ever, and not without appropriate humor.
	www.gothpunk.com /reviews/grave-disorder.html (583 words)

	The Damned - Shepherds Bush Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brian introduced the third track (?) with "Dave is going to sing this one." After this the familiar opening riff for 'Livin on Livin' ripped through the PA. To greet it, a healthy cheer went up from the crowd as Dave began blasting away on the vocals.
		Dave Vanian sat on a high backed wicker chair in the middle of the stage while the rest of the band played the intro to 'Street of Dreams'.
		Dave will still be Dave, only even more pale and bloodshot and Patricia will still be every inch the gothic goddess.
	www.bizarreingredients.co.uk /gigs/damned/damned.htm (777 words)

	Ink 19 :: The Damned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fronted by the legendary Dave Vanian and aided and abetted by original guitarist Captain Sensible, this was a rare chance to see some influential music legends in the intimate setting of the Sapphire Supper Club.
		Dave Vanian) Patricia Morrison, and this was simply too good an opportunity to miss.
		Dave Vanian looked like a cross between the ghost of Roy Orbison and an older, gothed-up version of Amazing Crowns singer Jason "King" Kendall -- smooth in a ruffled fl shirt, gloves, and coat, hair back in a (slightly-balding) pompadour.
	www.ink19.com /issues/november2001/liveInk/damned.html (781 words)

	Toronto Gothic - The Damned release Grave Disorder and play with the Swinging Utters at Lee's Palace in Toronto
		Grave Disorder proves beyond a doubt that Captain Sensible and Dave Vanian are one of the truly great songwriting teams of modern music.
		With the fruition of Vanian and Sensible's talents and experience combined with Patricia Morrison's (ex-Sisters of Mercy, Gun Club and The Bags) throaty bass sound, second-generation punk Pinch's (ex-English Dogs, Janus Stark, Wernt) blistering drums and Monty Oxy Moron's disquieting keyboards--The Damned are at their pinnacle.
		"She," Vanian's song to wife, bass-player and goth diva, Morrison, is sexy and affecting.
	www.toronto-goth.com /archives/2001-08-22d.shtml (892 words)

	The Damned
		"New Rose," The Damned's first single, remains a classic of early punk rock, described by one critic as "deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst untroubled by bad vibes." [1] Vanian's deadpan intro--"Is she really going out with him?"--was later borrowed by fellow Brit Joe Jackson for the title of arguably his best-known song.
		Their first album, Damned Damned Damned was produced by Nick Lowe, and featured a stomping cover of The Stooges' "1970," retitled "I Feel Alright" Scabies' powerful, Keith Moon-style drumming is prominent throught.
		From the beginning of their carrer, Vanian had demonstrated a degree of goth culture influence: he usually wore vampire-style makeup onstage, complete with chalk-white makeup and cape.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_damned.html (529 words)

	Splendid: Features: The Damned
		In terms of particular talent, Dave Vanian's voice is just a notch below Freddie Mercury's in my book, while Moron and Sensible, the other two Damned elders, bring a wild, anarchic grace to their instruments.
		Me solo albums are a bit poppier than the Damned, and Dave's Phantom Chords have their distinctive style, but the Damned has its own sound, and it's weird how that almost imposes itself on a song without us even trying to achieve that result.
		Dave Vanian gives his own interesting song-by-song analysis of Grave Disorder in the Mojo4music web magazine.
	www.splendidezine.com /features/damned (2848 words)

	In Music We Trust - SHOW REVIEW: Damned, The
		Despite their "here today, gone tomorrow" lineups of almost Intruder proportions, the Damned are still one of the most important rocknroll bands in the last 25 years and that is why this article was written.
		Dave Vanian from Gun Club and Sisters of Mercy fame), and having not toured with Captain Sensible and without Rat Scabies in who the hell knows how long, the Damned still smashed and thrashed it up.
		Dave looked a little too much like some bonehead named Bono's Fly character with the bug sunglasses he was wearing and the Captain, who looked rather suave during the set in his Jamaican skull and bones togs during the regular set, could have used a little more (or atleast some!) clothing during the encore.
	www.inmusicwetrust.com /articles/08h09.html (1060 words)

	DaveVanianInterview 1987
		Dave: Well we wanna do some other things, like you’re talking about a flexi-disc, we wanted to actually record a record off our own backs in a small studio, which might come out of what we’re recording at the moment ‘cos we’re not in a big studio.
		Dave: Well, it’s a funny story, that what happened was the people that made the film were on a very low budget, and I don’t know the exact political reasons, but the person who was supposed to be doing all the backing music backed out at the last minute and they were stuck.
		Dave: You know that picture on the back of the Black Album, with the light bulbs, well Gray kept saying he was getting electrocuted, his eyelids.
	www.gingoblins.com /sugarandspite/VanianInterview1987.htm (3926 words)

	Re: Views
		He just did his Happy Talk/We are the Back Street Boys routine, but he played very good, like the Guitar Hero he is! Dave Vanian, looking splendid in a white suit sort of thing, joked with the audience, making deadpan remarks, and performing like a true Entertainer.
		Anyway, the Damned were out on stage just after 10.00, Dave looking the part in his pinstripe jacket, fl trousers, wet look fl shirt, purple gloves and of course 'shades'.
		Dave was in fine form throughout and was jumping around all over the place.
	www.smarty.plus.com /reviews.htm (1672 words)

	Interview with Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible of the Damned (NY Rock)
		After 25 years and several lineup changes, the Damned have returned with founding members Dave Vanian (vocals) and Captain Sensible (guitar) and relative new comers Patricia Morrison (bass), Pinch (drums), and Monty Oxy Moron (keys).
		Dave and Captain took some time out from their tour to talk with NY Rock about what they've been up to for the past quarter of a century.
		In America, the girls come along because of Sisters of Mercy, because of Patricia [ex-member of Sister's of Mercy, Dave Vanian's wife and the Damned's current bass player].
	www.nyrock.com /interviews/2001/damned_int.asp (1166 words)

	A Damned Live Review - Baltimore MD 2003
		No early sight of Vanian or his wife Patricia though, which I hear is typical.
		Dave Vanian was about 6 feet away, a pretty sureal view.
		But now I must revert almost 20 years back to when I was a stupid 14 year old girl and say that David Vanian is still just plain hot with a voice so awesome that I would have sat in that bar forever listening to him.
	www.onewaylove.com /review (655 words)

	The Mick Sinclair Archive: The Damned
		What is certain, is that aside from the usual Sensible/Scabies composing partnership, Paul Gray has about 20 songs penned and standing by and even Vanian has scribbled a few.
		For current live purposes the four are joined by the keyboarding Tosh, formerly a member of Cardiff's premier psychedelic (that wicked word again) combo the Missing Men.
		Liking from the sixties only Dave Davies b-sides and really early Nazz he says: "I told the world last year that everyone would soon be wearing Paisleys and grooving to sixties sounds.
	micksinclair.com /sounds/damned.html (1538 words)

	Dark Culture Magazine - REVIEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Damned led by the legendary duo Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible coincidentally commemorate twenty five years of damnation with a new studio album.
		Have no fear, Dave Vanian is still the best host in town, enchanting ghouls, punks and vampires alike.
		Adding in ex-Sisters of Mercy member Patricia Morrison, now Vanian's wife, is the best addition to the line- up, as its almost too perfect to imagine.
	www.darkculture.net /archive/reviews/damnedgrave.shtml (525 words)

	Punk Panto - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		So it's good news for those old hacks among us who still can't help throwing themselves around a scuzzy dancefloor or sweaty moshpit that Dave Vanian's ghouls are bringing their Xmas Phantomime Tour to the Carling Academy next Wednesday.
		The line-up currently consists of frontman Vanian, his missus Patricia Morrison, former bassist with Sisters Of Mercy (Mark II) and previously of Gun Club, original Damned guitarist Captain Sensible - terrifyingly, they have been playing his chart-topping freak-fest Happy Talk recently - plus keyboard player Monty "Oxy" Moron and ex-Janus Stark drummer Pinch.
		Since the release of their 2001 album Grave Disorder they have played as part of the Vans Warped Tour in the US, alongside Blink 182, the re-formed Sex Pistols and The Buzzcocks, and last year were part of the 65,000 capacity sold-out Inland Invasion gig in Los Angeles.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /lo/features/7010584.html (400 words)

	Morbid Outlook - 10 Questions with The Damned
		Dave Vanian: What do you want me to be!?
		Dave Vanian: Watching an old B movie or thriller or classic horror or...
		Dave Vanian: Overcoming inadequacies from time to time.
	www.morbidoutlook.com /music/tenquestions/2002_01_thedamned.html (484 words)

	Damned - Quotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dave Vanian with the legendary Marc Bolan of T-Rex
		I turned a corner on the steps and ran full on into Dave Vanian, The Damned's singer.
		But at the same time I wasn't going to lose my temper if Dave Vanian refused to speak to me one night at the Roxy".
	thunder.prohosting.com /~naznomad/quotes.htm (1431 words)

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