Armed,
drugged and relieved of sexual tension (what's that then
!!) The Damned took to the stage as headline act after
The Dead Boys had finished. They had a lot to live up and
they didn't disappoint. Here is what Roberts Bayley
remembers of the gig in the book 'From The Velvets To The
Voivoids' " The Damned came over and did a weekend
with the Dead Boys - a sort of battle of the bands. The
Dead Boys were doing like 'Anarchy In The UK'. They were
goofing on the English bands and stuff. The Dead Boys
were just rock, they weren't really punk rock when they
came out of Cleveland. They quickly adapted to what the
scene needed- which was their own punk band doing Iggy
stuff on stage and throw (ing) themselves around and be (ing) outrageous and
bleed (ing).
But to me
The Damned were really original. They were just so weird. They were also very
fast and very manic and they had really good songs."
Basically the
Damned were faster, cleverer, funnier and had the best
tunes. To cap it all the cream pies they had been given
were re-distributed around CBGB'S audience wall and
performers. Round one to The Damned.
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