Machine Gun Etiquette

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Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. Outro "Nibbled To Death Buying a Copy"? by Peter Jones (10) as The Narrator from Douglas Adams - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Great review. Ilike this band. I've got Radio Sessions One by them. It's a comp. of a bunch of sessions(duhh). Four sogns off this are on it (I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Noise, Noise, Noise, Smash It Up (don't remember which one)). They are all great. By this point in The Damned’s history, the line-up had changed from their first two albums, “Damned Damned Damned” and “Music for Pleasure”(1977). Brian James left the group, and was replaced on guitar by Captain Sensible, and Algy Ward of The Saints took Sensible’s place on bass. Sensible also played keyboard on the album. Ed Hollis – producer ("Love Song" (Ed Hollis version), "Noise, Noise, Noise" (Ed Hollis version), "Suicide")

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Henry Rollins usually begins his regular Friday night listening session with “Machine Gun Etiquette”. He is, as he says, a “Bowie-fixated, Zeppelin-worshiping Stooges freak” but the Damned’s third album sets the bar for what follows, issuing a challenge to all his other favourites. There's still the quirkiness (ahem, 'These Hands') that hints the band might end up heading in a very different direction in the near future, though nothing is overtly 'gothic' at this stage - just a hint of the perverse in a similar fashion to say, The Doors. without a doubt. there is so much excellence on this album. love song, s/t, melody lee, anti-pope, plan 9, smash it up Love Song charted and two Top of The Pops appearances ensued, but then Smash It Up was banned by the Beeb for fear of inciting revolution. I Just Can't Be Happy restored the balance a bit, and produced another TOTP appearance, but some momentum had been lost and so it was time to move on: but more of that next year.

PS - I see that this has been released in a 'Deluxe' version - does it improve the slightly dodgy production? Issued with a B&W illustrated card inner sleeve which has rounded corners and a wide die cut thumb section to the top opening. For this silver anniversary edition of MGE I have added all of the single B-sides none of which were on the original LP. Also there are alternative versions of all three A-sides and finally the video clip for Plan 9, Channel 7. It is such a complete album that I didn't want to clutter it up with demos and out-takes. Maybe they'll appear elsewhere someday. Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part The album features multiple guest musicians. Lemmy plays bass on the band's take on The Sweet's " Ballroom Blitz", which was not on the album at time of release but released as a single; the song was also added to the reissued version of the album. Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon also appear on the album, which showcases cover versions of songs by MC5. The album also features sometime Pink Floyd lyricist Anthony Moore on synthesiser. Philip Lloyd-Smee contributed to the sleeve and logo design work on Machine Gun Etiquette.

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I discovered The Damned by way of the cassettes my brother left in my room for safe keeping while he was away in the Peace Corps. I was at that age where I was looking for something loud and rebellious so it would seem a band called The Damned would scratch the itch. Needless to say it wasn’t nearly as dark and offensive as I had hoped but it was terribly catchy. Time went on and I started to collect as many Damned releases as I could get my hands on (witch was quite a bit) but the only ones I listened to with any regularity were _Damned Damned Damned_ and _Machine Gun Etiquette_ (ok, _Light at the End of The Tunnel_ got a lot of play as well). _Machine Gun Etiquette_ is quite simply the best Pop Punk album ever made, just barely topping _Singles Going Steady_ which isn’t a true album so there ya are, the best. To this day I slap this disc on and sing along with every word, pretending like I’m 15 and in my bedroom pissed off at my mom about something or another. Captain Sensible plays the guitar very well and masters the guitar pedals to achieve different effects that go beyond the typical distortion plus chorus or reverb. There is more musical richness in the compositions without losing a bit of the strength, the grit and the madness that they had inside. The bass work is tremendous and Vanian's vocals sound as always soaring.Issued in November 1979, “Machine Gun Etiquette” was more than a valediction. A thrilling, wild ride, it took in hyper-speed, guitar-driven pop, psychedelic pop and surreal pop songs drawing from the girl’s comic Bunty and Vanian’s fascination with Hollywood and horror. Pop, though, was what the album was about. Tunes. Whether with the hard-edged anthem ‘Noise, Noise, Noise’ (featuring members of the Clash on vocals; they were recording “London Calling” at the same studio booked by the Damned), the kinetic ‘Liar’ or the astonishing, atmospheric ‘Plan 9 Channel 7’, this new Damned prioritised melody. The ending of "Smash It Up (Part II)" segues into the "Ballroom Blitz" intro. "Rabid (Over You)" is a new mix.

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a b Robbins, Ira (15 March 1991). " Machine Gun Etiquette". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022 . Retrieved 2 November 2020. Some great punk songs & some more ambitious songs but they're all relentless with hardly a gap between them, except for outbreaks of Monty Python style humour (the line at the top was from the Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and was on the runout groove of side 2 of the vinyl version and so repeated over and over until you took the needle off). It is a very 'British' sounding album, cancel that, it's a very English album!

It was also a Damned which – whatever the humour – was dead serious about setting its stall and making a mark. There was no filler: even the cover of the MC5’s ‘Looking At You’ slotted in without breaking the flow. “Machine Gun Etiquette” hit shops within weeks of “London Calling” and Public Image Limited’s “Metal Box”, both benchmark albums showing how far their creators had moved beyond what had been defined as punk. The same applied to the Damned, who likewise recognised no musical barriers and did what they wanted: the true defining characteristic of punk. They didn’t care about definitions anyway. Which is why this classic, essential album sounds as fresh now as it did in 1979. Or ...*"Nibbled to death ..by an Okapi" i think. Or you don't think it's a good lp? , maybe you should be " Nibbled to Death .."??... its certainly one of their best & a .great return for the 4th/5th??? line up..& the Capt showing himself to be a very capable guitarist & Algy laying down some super deep bass runs - the high point of 'Antipope' .it would have been good for 'Liar' to have the full blown drum workout as heard on the Peel session ,but it could have been regarded as 'a joke' ..that the band certainly were not - 'serious fun' ,I think . a b c "New Documentary Explores The Damned's 40 Year History of Anarchy, Chaos And Destruction". Decider. 27 May 2016 . Retrieved 26 May 2021.

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Hutchinson, Barry (2017). The Damned – the Chaos Years: An Unofficial Biography. Barry Hutchinson. p.119. ISBN 978-0-244-30256-6. Great band. Thank you for posting this. However you seem to have missed their 1984 release under their alter ego Naz Nomad and the Nightmares called 'Give Daddy The knife Cindy'. Its a great garage / psych cover album that's well worth including. Bolan had taken The Damned on his final UK tour (Dandy In The Underworld) in early 1977, and by all accounts were very impressed with how they were treated.This is the punk band per excellence and probably the best quality one. With this LP they revealed themselves as "something more" than a punk band with the ability to give their compositions a more elaborate musical touch than the Sex Pistols or the Ramones themselves. Coleman, Mark (1992). "The Damned". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rded.). Random House. pp.176–77. ISBN 0-679-73729-4. As The Damned made "Machine Gun Etiquette," The Clash were in the studio next door putting the finishing touches on "London Calling," but while The Clash looked to America for inspiration, The Damned remained resolutely British; eccentric, exciting, and barking mad. The Damned didn’t care about definitions, which is why their classic third album sounds as fresh now as it did in 1979. Available again on vinyl. The production is poor as befits similar punk albums of the time but it sounds dirty and messy, which gives it its charm.