The Damned’s 40th Anniversary Tour Hits the Baltimore Soundstage

(May 9, 2017) It’s bracelet femme dorée a pub facebook bracelet ancre Tuesday night, but the Baltimore Soundstage is packed to the rafters with a horde of rock and roll enthusiasts of all ages and colors (except for clothing: a uniform Clubland Black didn’t you get the memo) to see the first and longest running punk rock band in the History of the World (Part 1): The Damned. coque samsung Tour, one that initially was set to feature all the songs from bracelet femme a la mode 2017 their first bracelet ancre laiton album, Damned Damned Damned, before the band decided instead to play fave selections from their back catalog. coque samsung j3 I’m glad they changed plans; although their debut is one bracelet ancre noire of only two Damned LPs I ever owned (the other was 1980′s The Black Album, plus I think Marc O’Connor made me of tape of their third and best album 1979′s Machine Gun Etiquette, and I had their Christmas amazone bracelet femme argent EP parure collier bracelet femme There Ain’t No Sanity Claus), I think the “Playing An Album In Its Entirety” concept has run its course; see Buzzcocks, Devo, Megadeath, et al.)

Back in 1979 when I was in punk band called Thee Katatonix, our confrontational style (really just a front for musical incompetence at least on my montre fossil avec bracelet ancre part) led some fans (also known as “victims” it’s a fine distinction sometimes) to liken us to the then reigning Punk Rock Signpost, The Sex Pistols. (Perhaps you’ve heard of them)

“Nah,” I recall Kats singer guitarist /lead assailant Adolf Kowalski saying in response to the comparison. coque samsung j5 “The Pistols are way more slick. We sound more like The Damned, ’cause they’re not political and play really loud and raucous just like us.” (Wait we weren’t political with songs like “I Sure bracelet ancre marine homme en or Miss My Foreskin” and “I Hate DC”)

Almost 40 years later, The Damned still revel in playing loud and raucous music, rmega montre marque bracelet ancre de bateau bracelet femme – quartz – diamètre du cadran 35 mm – doré but they also evolved into something bigger, better and more sophisticated after Captain Sensible switched from bass to guitar on Machine Gun Etiquette. The group added keyboards bracelet femme christian dior and a more overtly pop polish to the raw power exhibited on their 1977 debut album Damned Damned Damned. coque huawei Sure, the Pistols got all the glory (and deservedly so they were great!), but they were gone in a flash, done and dusted by the end of their ill fated American tour that ground to a halt in San Francisco in January 1978. By comparison, the Damned were the true pioneers, a band of “firsts” in class. coque huawei The Damned released the first ever punk single on Stiff Records on October 22, 1976 (“New Rose” b/w “Help”) beating Buzzcocks’ Spiral Scratch EP by several months the first punk LP (Damned Damned Damned in February 1977), were the first UK punk outfit to tour the States (April 1977), and were also the first UK punks to reform (after a brief hiatus following their second album, 1978′s Music For Pleasure which, may the record show, contained a non political song called “Politics”). coque iphone And four decades later, they are still making Noise Noise Noise that’s Neat Neat Neat!

Fan Club: Children of the Damned

Among those in attendance this night were Skizz Cyzyk (of Garage Sale, Go Pills, Stents, etc., etc.), his sweetie Jen Talbert, Scott Wallace Brown (of Awkward Sounds of Scott Skizz, Tralalas), Julie Smith and Greg Brazeale (of Go Dog Go!), Joe Maravi, Karen Karen, John Rouse, Laurie Rollins Anderson, Layne Garrett Bosserman and her son Sean, Amy Pelinsky, MaryAnne Tom, Mike and Janet Ramsey, Johnny Alonso and Shane K. Gardner, whose photographs from the show are truly amazing check bracelet femme moto out his Damned good pics at .

We tried to hang out with some folks but, being vertically challenged Ewoks, had to scurry about to find a spot where we could actually see the band. Wherever we stood, perle pour bracelet femme some girl in storm trooper boots or a 6 foot punk bracelet femme breloques with an additional 6 inch high red mohawk would move in to block our view. Suddenly, I felt my neck locked in a half nelson by someone’s arm turning around it turned out to be Adolf Kowalski, whose other arm was extended more gently around the nape of my wife, Amy Linthicum (his ertswhile classmate at bracelet femme anti stress Dundalk High).

Adolf was there to interview the band with Mike Hearse of Coffin Cuties Magazine. coque samsung coque iphone 5 Adolf is an “Image Consultant” with Coffin Cuties. coque huawei I don’t know bracelet femme cordon noir what that means, but it gets him into big events like this, so who cares, right Adolf had been there since 3 o’clock bracelet femme fendi that afternoon, but hey, that’s the price you have to pay if you wanna have Captain Sensible emerge from his trailer, toothbrush in hand, and greet you by spewing a big gob of blue toothpaste four feet in the air. coque iphone 6 (Adolf loved it dental hygiene is important!)

I had to work late that night, so we missed the two opening bands, but apparently bracelet femme usb that was no great loss (Skizz Cyzyk: “The last band was like a set of cliches. iphone 11 case kate spade And they were all bad cliches!”). coque iphone xs They also added some spice to the mix with a cover of Love’s “Alone Again Or” (from 1986′s Anything) and Paul Ryan’s “Eloise” (which they’ve really made their bracelet femme morellato own now).

I thought they also performed “Looking at You” and Amy thinks they may have done “” as well or maybe our recollections just got a contact high from Jenny Beetz’s psychedelic tinkling of that photo above (Hmmm, as the President bracelet femme a la mode 2016 says, we’ll look into that.) (The Baltimore Post Examiner review included “” in its list of songs performed. coque iphone It seems individual recollections of this bracelet femme or maille cheval show follow a Rashomon model.