The punk band is honoring him with a covers album of his favorite songs. 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 ...

Brian James, the guitarist who was a founding member of iconic UK punk band The Damned, has died at the age of 70. His passing was confirmed in a statement posted on his Facebook page today, March 6.

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: ...

Unlike many of the bands in that original Class Of ’77 scene, the Damned could play their asses off. And they weren’t afraid to jump around genres. They could tear it up in a ’70s Detroit rock style ...

Captain Sensible is wearing a giant necklace that boldly reads, “Captain,” nameplate stretching from one side of his chest to the other. “It’s a piss-take on the Marshall logo,” he cackles, his ...

around the longest. Because when the dust finally settles and you are the last one still standing you win. Case in point -- The Damned. The seminal British punk band is still around, years after most ...

Monty Oxymoron, keyboardist for The Damned, has released a Damned covers album… except, it is entirely in classical piano style. It's called The Piano Plays 'Til Midnight and it's out now via Damaged ...

“Brian wasn’t like everybody else.” The Damned’s guitarist Captain Sensible remembers first meeting his late bandmate and founding member Brian James toward the end of 1975. At the time, the then ...