As far as I am concerned Machine Gun Etiquette was/is a triumph and even though the band lost bassist Algy Ward due to him and Rat Scabies not getting along they returned within a year with their fourth record The Black Album. Paul Gray joined on bass and although there have been many line up shuffles through the years The Black Albums line up has been the current band for the last three years and even though they are now gentlemen of a certain age they are astounding live. W

A new Damned album was always purchased but I had to admit to my friend that I didn’t think Anything was as good as Phantasmagoria but Alone Again Or was pretty good. “Aye, but the original was better.” I nodded in agreement, “aye obviously, just saying, good cover.”  That night in my room I checked the album sleeve to see the writing credits, he was right clearly not by The Damned but who the hell was Bryan MacLean. Smoothly I had got away with that one, as if.   All these y

Punk produced many great bands and music, but what it also taught people was that you did not have to play the guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix or have a perfect voice like Dusty Springfield. This inspired many a band to just simply have a go even if they did not know that many chords or were not pitch perfect.With the rise of many artists we also had the rise of the indie labels or bands self-financing their own releases either paying for their own records to be made or releas