Although when someone pronounces the words “punk” and “UK”, everybody thinks of The Sex Pistols, The Damned was the first British punk band to release an album ( “Damned, Damned, Damned”) and the first to cross the Atlantic and tour the United States, and their longevity as a band can be seen in a 25 years career, over 20 different band members and the ifluence they had on a lot of bands around in the 90’s, from the punkers Green Day and The Offspring, to other bands as Nirvana.

The band now has a solid line up that features original members Dave Vanian on vocals and Captain Sensible on guitars, plus new members as Patricia Morrison on bass, Pinch on drums and Monty Oxy Moron on keyboards.

With suchreferences, there is no wonder why Dexter Holland from The Offspring decided to sign The Damned on his own record label, Nitro Records, and let the record be produced by Grammy Award winner David Bianco, who already worked with such artists as Tom Petty, Teenage Fan Club, Rollins Band and Afghan Whigs.

“Grave DIsorder” features 13 tunes in the classic Damned style: a lot of catchy melodies, pop, old style punk rock and even some “surf” influences, like the Beach Boys. Such songs as “Song.Com” ( with some very nice backup vocals ), “Obscene”, “Democracy?”, “W” and “She” will soon become classic
in punk rock music.

If after listening to this record you enjoy it, I give the advice to listen also to The Damned classics “Machine Gun Etiquette”, “The Black Album” and even “Strawberries”. Stay Damned!