1- They weren’t the first band with the name.
2- They gave up the ghost of punk rock in 1980 to go on the caberet circuit…and remain there to this day.
3- Captain Sensible’s real name is David Gower & he owns most of Hampshire.
4- Chrissie Hynde was nearly the lead singer.
5- Brian James left Rolling Stones to form The Damned
6- Rat Scabies real name is Arthur Askey
7- The Damned first tour of America was in 1776 entertaining the troops
8- Johnny Morris off “animal magic” was one of their first roadcrew.
9- Captain Sensible is s secret NCFC fan
10- John shuttleworth played keyboard on the Eloise single
11- Lemmy was the bass player for a whole concert at the Camden ballroom 1979
12- The ‘Sensible’s a wanker’ chant was born out of Captain’s love to masturbate before each show they do (and another quick one before ‘cumming’ back on for the encore).
13- Dave Vanian’s real name is Trevor Vanian
14- Captain Sensible’s first solo hit was Ca Plane Pour Moi, which he released under a pseudonym in 1978.
The Damned still often play it as an encore
15- Captain Sensible briefly vanished without a trace in the 1980’s and performed under the alias Max Headroom!!!!
16- The Damned weren’t the 1st band to release a punk single. That honour goes to Manhattan Transfer with ‘Chanson D’ amour (rattatattat)’ which surprisingly was a love song to the Damned s drummer Cat Stevens.
17- Dave Vanian is 46cm tall and likes Scott Walker, Elvis and Tom Jones. He copied his look off Udo Kier in Blood for Dracula after Brian James took him to see it.
18- When you play the Damned’s Curtain Call backwards, amazingly you will hear Fernando by Abba!!
19- Captain Sensible comes from a military family, his great grandfather was Major General Sensible who didn’t lead the charge of the light brigade after claiming it was a bloody stupid idea. His exploits when military attache in rome are commemorated in the songs “Dozen Girls” and “Thanks for the night”
20- Rat Scabies was born in London in 1665, and takes his name from the lethal bite he received from an itchy rodent during the Great Plague.
21- Dave Vanian’s mum invented cellotape
22- I was informed recently that Paul Gray isn’t. He is actually dark brown.
23- They say it’s as big as four cats and it’s got a retractable leg so as it can leap up at you better. And it lights up at night, Ted, and it’s got four ears, two are for listening and two are back-up ears, and for some reason it’s got a tremendous fear of stamps! Mrs Doyle says it’s got magnets so if you’re made of metal it’ll stick to you, and instead of a mouth it’s got four arses
24- Monty’s real name is themanfromdel
25- Limit club, was in fact Croydon Social Club where Captain and Rat were the bingo callers. 100% true!
Thank You “Unofficial Damned Nonsense” Group Members