[kj] OT The Damned New Album

[gingoblin at easynet.co.uk]

Yeah, I played it again today, and overall am still really enjoying it. 
Some of the lyrics are pretty awful, but it's got a good amount of variety, 
from the faster stuff to the slow atmospheric Vanian-suited ones. Dr. 
Woofenstein I quite like... though I wonder if it's gonna flip to "never 
want to hear again" at some point... it's that kinda song!  As ever, I wish 
it had Scabies on the drums, maybe Paul Gray on the bass, but that's just a 
dream really... it's not gonna happen! Pinch is a good drummer, but I miss 
the flair of Rat.
I'd recommend anyone that's been a fan of the Damned at any point to give 
it a go though. Well, unless you only like the first album, but if that's 
the case you have no taste anyway!! ;)

On a related point, bizarrely they've started using a sample of Rat's 
drumming on New Rose when they play it live!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2AzlH88wFI
Seems very odd to me, but good to hear Rat back with the band!!!

Dave in Edinburgh





At 09:15 12/11/2008 -0800, you wrote:

>   Some of you may even have it by now, I wasn't aware of it until the 

> weekend but, whatever.

>It's called So, Who's Paranoid? It's the follow up to Grave Disorder from 

>2001 (fast work boys!).

>

>Anyway, my first listen was disappointing but I stuck with it. There are 2 

>or 3 really awful songs on there, Dr Woofenstein and Since I met you for 

>example, awful; beyond words. But there are 15 tracks and, if those 

>turkeys were removed, then it would be a pretty darn good collection after 

>giving it a few spins.

>

>Sort of Strawberries era with lots of hooks and pop sensibilities (like 

>the pun??) but the production is a bit poor, no Sensible on BVs can you 

>believe and his guitar is rather clean. It sort of lacks bite, but Vanian 

>is singing superbly and I think, live, it would be more than half decent. 

>Maid for Pleasure and Little Miss Disaster gets the Arse seal of approval.

>

>Dave GinGoblin, waddya reckon? You're the Damed man round these parts!

>

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