Happy Birthday Brian James! He was born Brian Robertson 55 years ago today. On this day in '77, as he turned 22, Stiff Records released Damned Damned Damned, the debut album by the seminal British punk band James was playing guitar for. The same label, helped by house producer Nick Lowe, had previously released the single New Rose (also on the album). While the groundbreaking Brit-punk bands of the day tended to engage in chaotic political/social commentary (The Sex Pistol's God Save the Queen or Anarchy in the UK) or intense, high energy, rocking political/social commentary (The Clash's White Riot or I'm so Bored with the USA), the Damned eschewed political/social commentary entirely to concentrate solely on intense, high energy, rocking chaos. And we're all the better for it. Let it be known throughout the land that amidst all of the Brit-punk fever and furor circa '77, the Damned were the first of the first wave of Brit-punk bands to release a full length LP. This video is of slightly low quality ... a bit dodgy as it were (which seems highly appropriate) and it cuts off before I'd like it to, but you own this record don't you?
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