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Looking back over their history, he “When we started, we didn’t think of ran around trying to get us a couple of it’s the one they want to hear. As a because that is your job, as well as is particularly proud of their innovative it as a movement. I think we just saw gigs to pay for us to go home again!” musician, you’re always wanting to go being a love of your life. You’ve and adventurous spirit. “Some songs ourselves as a band that was a He is grateful that it has all paid off forward and always work toward new obviously also got to live. But I’ve been have weird things on them because continuation of that sixties American and says that he has no problem things.” lucky enough to make this a paying when we first did them, there weren’t sound that came out with The Doors, performing those same songs more To that end, The Damned are already career.” synthesizers available, so you had to and then later, MC5 and the Stooges. than 40 years later. “I can honestly say, working on another album, which they That next album will no doubt be make up sounds yourself. We used Before it was coined punk, it didn’t have I don’t actually get tired of the tracks. plan to release next year. As always, another fascinating entry into The to do things like raid the kitchen to find a name for a few months. We were just I should, because I don’t know how Vanian says the band plans to take a Damned discography—but for right things to make noise. I remember, when a band, [but] I guess we had the whole many millions of times I must’ve done broadminded approach to the writing now, at least, Vanian’s thoughts turn we first did the demos for ‘Curtain Call,’ [punk] attitude and the stance. The very “New Rose” now. But I always get a and recording process for this next to the more pressing business at hand: Captain Sensible (guitarist) and I actually first interview I did was with Sniffing little smile when I hear that drum beat release—and he hopes that listeners the upcoming “Night of a Thousand made the sounds of the seagulls, Glue , a small fanzine here in England, come in—it’s such a good song. I mean, will be equally open-minded to Vampires” show. It is, to him, the perfect because we didn’t have any seagulls because papers wouldn’t write about Brian [James] wrote that, and I think whatever they create. “The message way to celebrate Halloween, his favorite [sound effects]. So we’re going, ‘ Ah, us then. And they asked me what The it’s just a perfect song, really. Other that we’ve always had is, whatever holiday: “I love the whole thing about ah, ah! ’” He laughs at his over-the-top Damned were, and I said, ‘Well, I guess tracks have different memories. Some you listen to, you shouldn’t be it—it’s where we can become normal seagull mimicry, but then grows more we must be a garage band,’ because of them will be a specific place or date, blinkered, you should listen to anything. for a night!” he says. “We don’t do much serious as he ponders whether modern that was the closest reference that I and what fun it was creating them in We never had those rules where, ‘You trick or treating in England, we’ve only technology has perhaps put a damper could think of. Of course, ‘garage band’ the studio.” shouldn’t listen to this because you’re [recently] gotten used to it. But we’ve on this type of creativity. means something totally different now.” As enjoyable as it may be to into that kind of music.’ There’s value got a neighbor that said something “In our day, you had to be in an But even though Vanian wasn’t aware reminisce, though, Vanian has no in all kinds of music. I’m not against very nice last year. She came to the expensive studio because it was the that The Damned would become one interest in indulging in such nostalgia any form of music. I won’t stand there door with her kid, and then she turned only place you could actually put the of the most groundbreaking bands that for long. “I’d rather not be resting on and say, ‘Oh, God, I hate all that, that’s around and said, ‘ You are Halloween! ’ stuff on the tape. And now you just have has ever existed, he sensed right away my laurels yet. I don’t just sit back and crap,’ because there’s always I loved that!”