The Damned: how we made New Rose

‘Audiences hated us, motorcycle gangs chased us’ … fuelled by amphetamine and cider, a bunch of former toilet-cleaners and gravediggers made Britain’s first punk singleIn 1976, Britain was a cultural wasteland with stuff like Genesis and the dregs of glam rock. Mick Jones and Tony James – who’d later play in the Clash and Generation X respectively – were starting a band called the London SS. We were all in a dingy basement auditioning a drummer call...

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