Mar 7, 2025
The Damned "New Rose"
Sad news that guitarist Brian James has died at 70 (read the obit here). He was the guitarist for legendary punk band The Damned from 1976 to 1978, but in that time he did quite a bit with them including their single "New Rose", considered by many to be the very first British punk song.
He also took part in the supergroup Lords of the New Church, did some solo albums and did one album with another supergroup The Racketeers featuring MC5's Wayne Kramer, GNR's Duff McKagan, The Police's Stewart Copeland and Blondie's Clem Burke!
