#ratscabies

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQnCdoNxQTc

#THEDAMNED #MUSIC
23 Mar 2024 ENMORE THEATRE
Not only was it the first time in 35 years that the #1980's lineup of #DaveVanian, #CaptainSensible, #RatScabies and #PaulGray have toured together, it was also billed as The #Damned’s last Australian tour - talk about bitter/sweet.

As was fitting for the line up, the vast majority of songs played came from their earliest days, with more than half of them coming from two albums, Machine Gun Etiquette and Strawberries. They played a total of 24 songs. I recorded eight, concentrating of those I hadn’t captured before:

The History of the World (Part 1) (00:28)
Melody Lee (04:21)
Stranger on the Town (06:41)
Life Goes On (12:00)
Shadow of Love (16:13)
Dozen Girls (20:15)
Curtain Call (24:36)
New Rose (32:38)

As to whether or not it’ll be The Damned’s last #Australia n tour, that remains to be seen. There is already talk of a new album. Very hard to imagine that we won’t be seeing them back here in a few years, probably not with this line up, but in some form or other.

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

#Music on #Yellow-Galactic-Star

#RatScabies 7/30/1957 #Birth English drummer (The Damned)
#quote by
Gavin Hellyer

"I was completely blindsided by this and a mighty 'in your face' to those thinking Rat was just some numbskull #punk #drummer. No doubt his contribution to #TheDamned has been severely underestimated and this album proves it. And whatever you're expecting it to sound like, it probably won't. Favorite track: Benni's Song."
https://ratscabies.bandcamp.com/album/p-h-d