Rat Scabies is spot on about being one with the people. met him in a pub in Ashton near Manchester before a gig and he sat with me and my mates having beer and a chat for ages. Top geezer

@geocs5895

6 жыл бұрын

Same here! I met Rat Scabies at a gig in San Francisco, and he couldn't have been a cooler guy. We had a beer with him, shot the breeze, and then he bought my friend and I a beer, too!

@vermilliongecko

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Shared a ciggie with him before and after his gig with The Members a few years ago. Lovely bloke.

@jackthraxx166

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Met Rat at a pool table and he was gracious and we won a couple games and drank some beers

@stationsixtyseven67

4 жыл бұрын

Ray's the same. Real personable.

@gruesometwosome6098

3 жыл бұрын

The Witchwood l was there superb night 👍

Glen Matlock is highly intelligent and so is Rat Scabies. Years later they still are aware of how pathetic most of society is.

There's a glimpse of the lovely Poly Styrene (RIP) at 5:43

@1970sthrowback

8 жыл бұрын

+MrE She's beautiful

@jeffflanders4731

6 жыл бұрын

Good old Poly

@albertramsay8688

5 жыл бұрын

Identity, Germ free adolescent, awesome with braces on her teeth, I had a thing for girls with braces back then.

@thesound-chameleonman3580

5 жыл бұрын

What did she die of?

@jimmann8659

5 жыл бұрын

yes nice looking lady and a good poet as well

Glenn was the real bassist of Sex Pistols

@hopebgood

4 жыл бұрын

Absofuckinglutely

@vanamq2459

Жыл бұрын

Well...yes that's true...but ya gotta love Sid.

@kohada64

Жыл бұрын

Steve played bass on the records

@FromaTwistedMind

Жыл бұрын

Bloody right he was! .... then Steve Cook took over on recordings when Sid joined, who was basically an iconic mannequin!

@robcoop69

Жыл бұрын

@@FromaTwistedMind Steve Cook ????????

The Damned always good on vinyl & awesome in concert!!

@MiaMeezy

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!

Matlock is so underrated

@Shikta-poobah67

2 ай бұрын

Everyone is underrated on youtube.

36 years ago Rat Scabies was one of the only members of any band I ever managed to meet, he hung about and chatted to us for ages, he was lovely. We were just a bunch of young girls and he was very protective. Great bloke

love seeing Poly there smiling. What a lady! One of the few legit ones from that era.

@flipnap2112

Жыл бұрын

yeah that was a treat. I was like "wtf! is that poly?!!" she looked pretty good

@TheChooch1964

Жыл бұрын

Spotted her too RIP . Some punk legends in that audience

@GuaglioneMalavita

Жыл бұрын

So Pursey wasn’t legit, nor Scabies and Vanian from The Damned? Give your head a wobble…

@donsolis12

Жыл бұрын

@@GuaglioneMalavita "one of the the few" dear chap, don't be so sensitive now.

@GuaglioneMalavita

Жыл бұрын

@Don_Solis - Far from being “sensitive” young fellow, I fail to see the point of your comment. You’re just being argumentative for the sake of it. The band members present are all ‘legit’, whatever that means, and the rest are an audience…

THIS IS COOL. Love hearing Rat talking about the band/era. These guys really put their lives out there to justify our angst and rebellion. This is why they are loved- they embodied and put words and music to what we felt. Lucky to have them.

@DeanS.F.S.K.

Жыл бұрын

"Our Angst"???..... maybe for you but I don't know one person from that time period(late 70s/80s) who felt a sense of angst ! 🙄 it was rebellious and ass kicking !!!! You were probably a kid in the 90s and are talking about grunge !!😂.. you know that pathetic angst-filled garbage that drove many to suicide !

Here from future plague times. David was more forward thinking than people gave him credit for.

Glenn Matlock is one of the best Bassplayers in punk and a great songwriter

@SteveJ0966

Жыл бұрын

Glenn played a Rickenbacker, Sid wouldn't have known the difference if you explained it to him with pictures. ;)

@matthewjdouglas6471

Жыл бұрын

His back vocals are good too

@jimcady9309

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveJ0966 Fender basses can be great (although I have played a Fender Jazz clone (a Peavey Foundation) as my main axe for a long time. Glen (one n) has played many over his time (Ricks, Fenders, etc.), and is a fine bassist on all!

@manofweed1

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveJ0966 Are they German, these Ricken backer things ?

@jimcady9309

Жыл бұрын

@@manofweed1 no, ,'Merican. Warwicks are German.

Rat scabies is a fucking legend

Vanian as the Invisible Man! Brilliant!

@user-pf6ib3ue5s

28 күн бұрын

The captain lost luster Say

@user-pf6ib3ue5s

28 күн бұрын

2:36

I love Dave’s, “I’m kinda going for an invisible man got ahold and boinked the gimp” look. Poor gimp, never saw him coming!

@lemncurry

6 ай бұрын

What's funnier is that you wouldn't know that it is Dave underneath the mask, until he starts singing....

@Shikta-poobah67

2 ай бұрын

The same look as the ‘character’ on the cover of Grave Disorder.

Glen wants to knock the guy's head off when he said basically they were puppets put together by Malcolm. Glen was a good songwriter and musician. He is legit.

@davidellis5141

5 жыл бұрын

The only real musician in the band.

@MartinandFreddie

4 жыл бұрын

That "guy" is Jonathan King, jailed for child abuse in 2001 for 7 years, although he has always protested his innocence and said he was set up. Famous for manufacturing pop bands and novelty singles. (eg 'Leap Up And Down, (Wave Your Knickers In The Air)' by St Cecelia.' ) He is also the man who discovered Genesis and produced their first 3 singles for the Decca organisation. He also owned the label UK Records and the first 10cc singles and albums were released by him and he is the person credited with giving the band it's name. He was also one of the 2 original backers of "The Rocky Horror Show" when it first appeared on the London stage. Taking all that into account, "this guy" seriously knows what he is talking about when it comes to manufacturing and promoting bands :-) Just thought you might be interested. BTW. I met him once when i was a private hire taxi driver in London during the late 80's and he seemed like pretty nice guy, and he didn't try to chat me up LOL :-)

@lostboy8814

4 жыл бұрын

Nahhh.....Steve Jones was a great guitarist,the riffs on the 'Never Mind The Bollocks' Album were superb !

@seekter-kafa

4 жыл бұрын

glen was always a wuss... probably why he was replaced with lil' sidney

@DaveKarloff

4 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Savile seemed like a nice guy too......

The Damned and The Stranglers were the only groups to survive the transition, a sign that they were great instru'mentalists'

@devilinthenewman

9 жыл бұрын

Think the Clash made the transition and pretty much more successful than both the Damned and the Stranglers.

@FP51DPO

9 жыл бұрын

I'll add the Clash to the list.. Strangers / Clash hard to tell which were/are the most successful, stranglers still playing to packed audiences all over the UK,

@mansonslipknot1998

9 жыл бұрын

Ive seen stranglers 3 times haha once in 2012 2014 2015

@davideff6833

8 жыл бұрын

+Habibasse Killing Joke came along much later than the two mentioned. Thr Stranglers dated back as far as 73...

@Habibasse

8 жыл бұрын

+David Eff Sure... but they were still real Punk ! And they kept the punk flame still alive then turned into New Wave, before turning Metal. And they still go on today !

“I didn’t have to practice in a bedroom for 15 years”but he can play like he did.Proper talent.

@insertnamehere7630

5 ай бұрын

Rat practiced a lot as a kid. I played with him in the 90s. He was much more musically educated than he lets on here.

Damn brilliant. Why Rat failed to douse King with lighter fluid and flame him is inexcusable. He could have at least marked his forehead with a well-hurled cymbal! Awesome performance.

@vermilliongecko

2 жыл бұрын

Especially given what we now know about Jonathan King and his kiddie fiddling ways.

@mark-wh2qc

Жыл бұрын

@@vermilliongecko It's strange how 2 brothers can be so different, I know Jonathon Kings and he couldn't be nicer...

@ResidentMich

Жыл бұрын

@@mark-wh2qc just like Jedward....actually scrub that they are both t*ats!!!!

@mummyd1990

Жыл бұрын

Jonathan nonce cunt and where is he now?????

@kingbolo4579

Жыл бұрын

@@mark-wh2qc What did he think of his brother? I suppose it would be rude to ask.

good for Dave keeping his face covered during all this nonsense.

@MsJp467

4 жыл бұрын

LOL HE KNOW CORO VIRUS WAS ON THE WAY

@roy64ful

3 жыл бұрын

@@MsJp467 Spooky!

@SiiriCressey

3 жыл бұрын

Sing it -- Dave Vanian was the invisible man......

5:42 Poly Styrene (Maharani devi dasi) of X-Ray Spex RIP

TOTALLY LOVE THIS DAVE VANIAN LOOK, BEEN DAMNED FANATICAL FOR MANY A YEAR, WOULD LOVED TO HAVE SEEN HIM PERFORM IN THIS GUISE, THE INVISIBLE MAN, ANONYMOUS, OR GUY FAWKES, GREAT CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION, DONE BY DAVE VANIAN.

Loved punk then, love punk now !!!

@user-xq3pt8ks8c

6 күн бұрын

Im 60. How about you?

been looking for this performance and interviews for years! always credited this for getting me into punk rock. thanks for posting it

Dave Vanian is wearing the costume from the Grave Disorder album cover!

@FrontmanVideo

2 ай бұрын

I didn't put the two together, but you're right! That's interesting!

1977, the greatest time of my life.

thanks for posting !

Thanks for posting this!

I wish John Lydon were in the audience. He would have taken the piss!

@jean-pierrealbertini

4 жыл бұрын

i would have been great then lol !!

great footage, thanks!

devilinthenewman Don't forget Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex) at 5:42!

3:05 Rat is right, I often used to have a chat with him at the bar at Damned concerts at The Marquee Club. Dave Vanian always seemed a bit more serious and aloof, but Chris and Ray (Rat Scabies and Captain Sensible) were lovely blokes.

@paulbaines66

7 жыл бұрын

Serious and aloof might just be pre- or post-gig nerves.

@Nilguiri

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Baines That's possible, yes.

@vermilliongecko

6 жыл бұрын

I have met Rat, Dave and Captain on separate occasions and they were all lovely. Rat was very down to earth and humble ('I don't even think I'm that good a drummer' he told me). Captain was very funny, kind of like a mad uncle you'd go and visit because he'd play you great records and have lots of amusing anecdotes. Dave was a complete gentleman. He offered me a drink from the rider and I chose a Guinness. He insisted on fetching a glass from the bar to pour it into for me, because I was a 'lady'. He also knew I was a bellydancer, so he did a little dance for me in the dressing room (don't worry, his wife and lots of people were there so it wasn't a private dance).

@karlclarke

6 жыл бұрын

yeah all true apart from The Who, you can stand and have a pint with them

@Kelly14UK

6 жыл бұрын

Nilguiri Met Dave. Yes he was aloof as hell. Burns put his arm around me in a big brother to wee brother way. Something i will never forget.

I remember this April 1994 this is when I started likeing punk

The last minute of this fucking rules! Rat Scabies is and has been one of my fave drummers.

5:42 Polystyrene is mesmorizingly beautiful

Amazing. EVERYONE is in the audience!! What a great bit of social history. Thanks !

I'm with Glen Matlock on this one.

Scabies was the Keith Moon of punk rock. Respect!

@LibertyValence.

Жыл бұрын

Keith moon was the Keith moon of punk rock

Rat Scabies was gracious when I ran the table a couple times at Nightmoves with him. Great song too. Thanx!

Machine Gun Etiquette- fantastic album. Another villain Jonathan King. I saw The Damned 40 years on. I saw Cock Sparrer 40 years on with Rancid 20 years on. Punk has longevity.

@flipnap2112

Жыл бұрын

was my favorite album. I remember every time the opening to "smash it up" would start, there was that part where we started singing "keep on rocking in the free world" ha ha.. then tear the shit out of everything. what an amazing album. They made keyboards punk rock as hell. Phantasmagoria was my all time favorite, of a different flavor. nothing beats the captain but this was a good run for the band

Excellent, thanks. The good old days when guitar leads were unnecessary, vocal mikes and miming. Rat Scabies, what a gent.

What a great trip down memory lane. The Damned are fucking ace

Poly Styrene is in the audience as well.

one of the best videos of all time

I don't there is a word obscene enough to describe Mr King!....Anyway jolly good damned performance that. DV looks fantastic.

No Sensible, No Damned.

@Fractalite

Ай бұрын

Whatever you say .

never seen this before, so thank you

I love this slightly different annotation of notes on the last line of the verses from the album version. It sounds fantastic.

Wow. Michael rocking the triple denim.

holy SHEET!! how could I never have seen this before? this is amazing. And I wouldve known that was Dave just by the way he moves ha ha.. great version of the song, and the energy was spot on. drum fire was a nice touch too!! back when rock had balls. got to see the lineup with the captain about 8 years ago and when they played "video nasty" the place erupted. im too old to skank these days but I dove in and when home without my glasses and missing a shoe. God it felt good to be a kid again. until the next morning

@skinnygrave2487

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's not just his voice but his slippy feet dance moves that gives him away. Met them backstage and Captain Sensible wrote on my shirt 'lend me a fiver'

audience also contains Poly Styrene! RIP

It's very interesting to see this footage from the very odd "Not of This Earth" period of the Damned. Very cool! Thanks for uploading this!!

@ResidentMich

Жыл бұрын

Wonder who sang. At first I thought it he was gonna be Nash the Slash in plain clothes. I saw The Damned on the anniversary tour and Rat didn't play.

@Shikta-poobah67

2 ай бұрын

“Very odd” indeed. This is without a doubt a great performance, no denying that. However the jury’s still out on whether or not this was actually a legitimate ‘phase’ of the Damned. Vanian himself maintains that it wasn’t. Rat, for all intents and purposes has conceded that it wasn’t, though for many years he claimed it was (and was subsequently sued over it by the other two longstanding members of the Damned). Most fans aren’t even aware that this period existed, and the ones that are aware mostly agree that it wasn’t really the Damned, but like I said, this is one hell of a send-up of Smash It Up!

Surprised Jimmy Pursey sat next to him, having knowledge of him from the Walton Hop

Yep and some are still doing it now 30 years later!! good on them I still enjoy a bit of the scene happy days

Rat Scabies @ 3:11 He's right... a friend and I met Chris 'Rat Scabies' Miller at a Damned gig in San Francisco around 1985... He coudn't have been a nicer guy. My friend and I bought him a beer, and he sat and shot the shit with us for about 30 minutes. He bought us a round of beers before taking the stage; and then put on a killer show.

Hey, POLY STYRENE was in the audience too!

5:42 Poly Styrene. Gone but not forgotten RIP.

Kris Dollimore .... Yes i remember him mow , he was the lead guitarist with The Godfathers they were a great band he`s a really good guitar player too ! Many Thanks for the help :-)

forgot to say ........big thnx for posting..

Great to see that again

5.40 - there was a different climate in England and kids wanted to pick up on what we was doing. Note Poly Styrene in the back there smiling. Miss you Poly. RIP.

never seen this, thanks for upload. love Vanian's creepy look

@steven1822

3 жыл бұрын

a total guy genius.

That was awesome.

Great fun! Rat Scabies on the drums! Awesome!

I remember watching this and then taking about it at school the next day. A few of us started investigating pink after that although I didn't get into the Damned until much later.

I remember this show, i still got it recorded on VHS , i think it was a friday night 1991 or something like that.

POLYSTYRENE WITH A SMILE, A GREAT NAME FOR A BAND OR A SONG, THE GIRL, WHO MADE IT BIG IN THE UK, POLYSTYRENE FROM XRAYSPEX, GREAT SINGER, WHO HAD, NATURAL, BRACES IN HER TEETH. I WILL BE THERE WITH YOU, POLY, WHEN, I DIE ALSO, PLEASE CONTINUE, TO, REST IN PEACE TILL I GET THERE, I WANT TO GIVE YOU, THE, BIGGEST HUG EVER.

I remember this.They also had mud doing doing Tiger Feet in the earlier part of the show.

Aspel sure knows how to rock the denim

thank you thank you thank you

I remember this documentary

Most excellent.

The hooded claw ! Loving it !

well worth watching till the end !

the damned killed it!

Sacre bleu! Triple denim!!

"We didn't have to rehearse for fifteen years to play in a pub." Lolol 🤘

Saw Rat Scabies at the kings Arms with the members NZ Tour in 2012, THis a classic rock song

Poly Styrene!

Absolutely!

i'm gonna assume this was in the 90s seeing as glenn said "grunge"

It's the 'Not Of This Earth / I'm Alright Jack' LP line-up (1992 - 1996). Dave Vanian - Vocals. Rat Scabies - Drums. Kris Dollimore - Guitar (The Godfathers). Alan Lee Shaw - Theme Guitar, Backing vocals (Rings, Maniacs, etc.). Jason "Moose" Harris - Bass (New Model Army, etc.).

I love the damned punk legends 💪

Isn't Dave dressed like the character on the album "Grave Disorder"?

@therac-2583

7 жыл бұрын

the invisible man claude rains bondage version

yes indeed RIP Poly 5.43

a beast

Don't over think it don't over analyse it. It happened and will never happen again. I'm glad I was there to witness it.

Bring back 1976

I saw the Damned with Rob Zombie and it was one of the best days of my life

Michael Aspel's jacket looks super. As does his lovely hair.

Great punk band!!!

Jonathan king telling glen that the pistols were puppets what a insult, sex case

I love how Rotten and Matlock always fought for the the leader role in SP. 00:46

The funniest thing about this is triple denim Aspel. It screams 'I can be cool like you pop and rock stars, too, you know'.

What a magnificent jean jacket. Enough denim to wrap a ford fiesta.

Smash It Up goes hard for every reason.

A small correction- the programme was called The Trouble with the Seventies.

I got an ad for Scabies rashes before watching this...

Wouldn’t you just like to shoot Johnathan king between the eyes

Jees! Michael Aspel in denim ....

Articulate, grounded punk generation musicians with a good perspective and a sense of humour verses arch pantomime dames and old hasbeens waiting for a knock from Operation Elm Tree...