Whether or not they were guilty of a music business sell-out, by the mid 1980s The Damned were the sole surviving remnant from 1976’s original UK punk rock scene.
Immensely important historically, but until this point scantly recognised commercially, the band must surely have felt it was time they got a break. Equally, however, they must have known that any commercial success they did get could damage their cred with longtime fans – such was the inverted snobbery of punk… Continue reading The Damned – ‘The Light at the End of the Tunnel’ cassette