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Any Damned fans out there?

I wasn't a huge fan until I was blown away by a 12" of Grimly Fiendish in 1985. I then worked backwards through their catalogue, which was an interesting way to discover the band since the music gets rawer the earlier you go.

Through their extremes from punk to goth, I think 1980's Black Album is the Damned's finest moment. At this point of the Damned's life, you're left wondering is it still punk? Is it rock? Is it goth? Whatever it is, it is brilliant.

The "Damned But Not Forgotten" collection is my favorite. It captures everything I love about the band...plus, I think it was my introduction to them, 20-some odd years ago. Strawberries is a close second.

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Phantasmagoria. Even though the lifers think it was a crappy sellout album, it is the best front to back. It's tough to go without Cpt. Sensible, but this album makes it easy to do.

Machine Gun Ettiquete (sic)!! Still finds it's way onto my cd player on a regular basis.

All the Damned albums,are wonderful in their own special identity.That means that Damned were one of the few bands,which experimented with almost all styles,so as to be given the artistic credit in all of their releases.Still, my favourite is ''Machine gu

ALl the Damned albums still get spunk regularily at Casa D' Stench, aside from Music For Pleasure, and Anything and beyond.

Damned Damned Damned probably gets played the most, with Phantasmagoria second. However, I listen to DDD with a much different

I'd say Machine Gun Etiquette, but I'm also pretty partial to the Born To Kill compilation. I've got everything they've put out & there's not a bad one in the batch. Which one I consider the best kind of depends on my mood at the time, you know? Hell, I e

I'll throw my hat in with Machien Gun Etiquette as well. Smash It Up and Love Song alone can carry that album.

For me it is a toss up between their amazing seminal first release "Damned Damned Damned" and "Machine Gun Etiquette". Both are personal favorites.

I love Machine Gun Etiquette, but I haven't really heard any of their other albums (in their entirety), so I guess my vote doesn't really mean anything... [:)]

While I really like the earlier albums, I just think the Black Album is much too over-looked. I love that album. As a kid I saved and saved and bought the British import version of it - it's great. The songs are REALLY GOOD.

Of the earlier ones, I u

Gotta pick "Damned Damned Damned" Great cover, great songs. "Machine Gun Etiquette" is pretty good as well. Good compilation is "The Light at the End of the Tunnel" or "Smash It Up: The Anthology"

MACHINE GUN ETIQUITE

My favorite by them is "Anything". It has my favorite song by them ("Psychomania"), and I can listen to that album over and over again. When I saw the Damned on their reunion tour with Captain Sensible many moons ago, they didn't touch any material from

OK, I surrender. I popped Machine Gun Etiquette into my car stereo at 7 AM for my morning commute and what can I say. I am ready to kick some butt at work today!