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| years_active = 1976–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Monty Oxymoron Pinch Stu West | past_members = Brian James Rat Scabies Lu Edmonds Dave Berk Henry Badowski Jon Moss Lemmy Algy Ward Gary Holton Paul Gray Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Paul Shepley Kris Dollimore Alan Lee Shaw Jason "Moose" Harris Garrie Dreadful Patricia Morrison Spike Smith }} The Damned are an English gothic punk band formed in London in 1976 by lead vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, bassist (and later guitarist) Captain Sensible, and drummer Rat Scabies.〔(The Damned at )AllMusic〕 They were the first punk rock band from the United Kingdom to release a single, "New Rose" (1976), release an album, ''Damned Damned Damned'' (1977), and tour the United States. They have nine singles that charted on the UK Singles Chart Top 40. The band briefly broke up after ''Music for Pleasure'' (1977), the follow up to their debut album, was critically dismissed. They quickly reformed without Brian James, and would release ''Machine Gun Etiquette'' (1979). By the 1980s, they evolved into one of the forerunners of the gothic rock genre. That decade they released four studio albums, ''The Black Album'' (1980), ''Strawberries'' (1982), ''Phantasmagoria'' (1985), and ''Anything'' (1986). The latter two albums did not feature Captain Sensible, who had left the band in 1984. In 1988, James and Sensible rejoined to play what was said to be The Damned's final live show. This was released the next year as the live album ''Final Damnation''. The Damned would again reform for a tour in 1991. In 1995, they released a new album, ''Not of This Earth'', which would be Scabies's last with the band. This was followed by ''Grave Disorder'' (2001), and ''So, Who's Paranoid?'' (2008). Despite going through numerous lineup changes, the current formation of Vanian, Sensible, keyboardist Monty Oxymoron, drummer Pinch and bassist Stu West, have been together since 2004. Although ignored in recent years, The Damned are one of the most influential punk groups, and along with the Sex Pistols and The Clash, they have been grouped in "Britain's Unholy Punk Triumvirate." They are also commonly referred to as punk's "band of firsts," having made accomplishments mentioned in the first paragraph, as well as other "firsts" like the first punk band to break up, and the first to come back. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Damned (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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