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New Rose / Help! [Stiff Records]
Reviewed by Jonh Ingham October 23, 1976 for Sounds
The product of four hours intensive care, this is so hot it's a wonder the vinyl doesn't melt. A great riff
that lodges in your brain and enough energy to substitute for Battersea power station. Just the thing if
your copy of "Raw Power" has worn out. "Help!" is an amusing murder, with the best out of tune Beatle-chord end.
It may not change your life, but it may change your point of view.
Love Song [Chiswick]
Reviewed by Paul DuNoyer May 1979 for NME
They've unleashed a spectacular vinyl come-back in the guise of their Top 30 Single "Love Song". A group composition
along with "Suicide" and "Noise Noise Noise", it represents an astonishing revival of their creative fortunes.
Damned Damned Damned [Stiff Records]
Reviewed by Barry Cain February 1977 for Sounds
Ladies and Gentlemen - welcome to the world's first 78 rpm album. At last, a recording that gives creedence to the
claim punk does have a place in the hierarchial structure of contemporary music - at the top.
Damned Damned Damned [Stiff Records]
April 2, 1977 in Melody Maker
Although the group has no record label in the states, Damned Damned Damned is among the fastest selling import albums.
Damned Damned Damned [Stiff Records]
April 1977 in Melody Maker
The new-wave is making it's biggest splash with The Damned, the first of Britain's punk bands to reach the Melody Maker
album chart. Their debut LP, Damned Damned Damned, is this week number 28 in the chart - and it is the third week the
album has been a hit.
Music For Pleasure [Stiff Records]
Reviewed by I.B. November 26, 1977 for Record Mirror
It's not that it's BAD. It's just that it's relentlessly MEDIOCRE.
Music For Pleasure [Stiff Records]
Reviewed by Barry Cain November 20, 1977
But hell, I like this album. And I'll tell you why. It doesn't smack of being a desperate attempt to push out product
because of external criticism.
CBGB's | New York
Reviewed by Barry Cain November 20, 1977
But hell, I like this album. And I'll tell you why. It doesn't smack of being a desperate attempt to push out product
because of external criticism.
The Roundhouse | London
Reviewed by Jon Savage April 30, 1977 for Sounds
Right away, they're in command. It's impressive - they've merged into a powerful and coherant force...
Barbarella's | Birmingham
Reviewed by Mike Davies June 25, 1977 for Melody Maker
Once again proved beyond a doubt that they are one of the classiest rock bands in the universe as we know it.
Final Gig at Rainbow | London
Reviewed by Pete Silverton April 1978
They went out the way they came in - a funny little shambles that could still on its day match just about any
opposition you could throw at it.
Exeter
Reviewed by Garry Boshell June 1979
They go fast, they fall over, they spit, they insult, they're quite, quite mad. They're The Damned and I love them.
Cliffs Pavillion | Southend
Reviewed in Southend Standard Recorder October 10, 1986
Anyone who saw their magnificent gig there last year will want to go back for more of the same... they played their hearts out.
Note: I'm still working on getting reviews for the rest of their albums and some singles.
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