Damned V Dead Boys Part 3

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Having played that initial gig together the bands sort of agreed that if the Dead Boys came over they would tour together. Bit like when you meet someone on holiday invite them over not expecting them to and then they turn up out of the blue. So The Dead Boys arrived and a tour was hastily put together. So how did The Dead Boys fare on foreign soil. Here's  Ross Galloway's pictures and what he remembers of the gig in Edinburgh 78.

1-0 up and still faster, funnier and cleverer.

Stiv prays Please let us be better than them God !!
"The Damned Dead Boys gig was in December of 1977, I had actually just turned 16,all I can remember was the pace at which The Damned played at and the sea of gob that was flying towards them. It was just pure crazy ...The Dead Boys didn't go down as well as the Damned as far as I can remember, I thought personally they were just pseudo heavy yank rockers that jumped on to the bandwagon. I  have got most of their stuff on vinyl but Young Loud And Snotty at the time just didn't cut the same as the Damned Pistols etc at the time. That's my opinion now but at the time the image and certainly the live performance was a big part of what was going on in the UK. But Stiv Bators was certainly a cracking front man (R.I.P.) The photos are from Clouds Edinburgh I978 "

A conclusive 2 - 0 victory for the UK. Lets hear it for The Damned !!!!!!!!!

Postscript. Its the year 2000 and the badge to the right seems a little sad now. Stiv died a most un rock'n'roll death being hit by a car and later dying. To me some of his best stuff was with Brian James in The Lords Of The New Church till that fell apart with drink and drugs. He may not have been great but he was a great frontman. In some ways The Damned have been dying since they first split and reformed. Currently touring now With Patricia Morrison on bass Captain on Guitar and Dave Vanian they have split from Rat Scabies who is also using the name Damned ....the saga goes on and on .....

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