The band

The damned

The band

David Vanian

People call me villain oh it's such a shame
Maybe it's my clothes must be to blame
I don't even care if I look a mess
Don't wanna be a sucker like all the rest
- Smash It Up, 1979

Real Name : David Letts (Dave was also known as Dave Zero for a short while back in '76!)

Instrument : Vocals

Date of Birth : 12th October 1958

Height : 5'8" (also reported as 5'9 1/2")

Educated : Bourne Valley Secondary Modern School, Hamel Hampstead.

Previous Occupations : Gravedigger

Previous Bands : The Masters Of The Backside (with Chrissie Hynde), The Doctors Of Madness.

Current Musical Projects : The Phantom Chords

Hobbies : Films, Theatre.

Favourite Actor/Actress : Vincent Price, Donald Sutherland, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Adjani

Favourite Band/s : The Seeds, Left Banke, Shadows Of Knight, The Doors.

First Record Bought : Fractured by Freddie Cannon.

Damned Career : Dave has been The Damned's frontman since the band first formed back in 1976.

Pinch

Real Name : Andrew Pinching

Instrument : Drums

Previous Bands : The English Dogs, Janus Stark.

Damned Career : Replaced Spike in September 1999.

Captian sensible

Real Name : Raymond Ian Burns

Instrument : Bass (1976/1977), Guitar (1978-present)

Date of Birth : 24th April 1954

Height : 6'1"

Educated : Whitehorse School, Croydon, Surrey.

Previous Occupations : Toilet Cleaner, On dole for 2 years.

Previous Bands : Black Witch Climax Blues Band, Genetic Breakdown, Johnny Moped, Elite.

Current Musical Projects : Captain Sensible (solo), Punk Floyd

Hobbies : Ruining other groups stage acts, Cricket.

Favourite Band/s : Pink Floyd

Damned Career : Captain originaly joined The Damned on bass in 1976 but soon switched to guitar after Brian James' departure. He quit in 1984 to persue a solo career only to return in 1988 for a series of reunion shows which he kept up until 1992. He is currently back with The Damned, having rejoined at the beggining of 1996.

Patricia Morrison

Real Name : Patricia Rainone

Instrument : Bass

Previous Bands : Legal Weapon, Gun Club, The Bags, Sisters Of Mercy, Fur Bible, Alan Lee Shaw, The Patricia Morrison Band, The Phantom Chords.

Damned Career : Patricia replaced Paul Gray in the 'Ex-Damned' midway through 1996. She recently married Dave Vanian in Las Vegas!

Monty Oxy Moron

Instrument : Keyboards

Previous Bands : Punk Floyd, Dr Spacetoad Experience. Monty also released 4 solo cassettes on the Acid Tapes label back in the mid '80's - Acorn Beer And Chestnut Wine (TAB 008), Tune In To Channel Z (TAB 009), Tales from The Second Attic (TAB 018) and Dr. Swastika Pumpanicle's Analysis (TAB 027).

Damned Career : Joined the band at the same time as Garrie Dreadful (January 1996).

Pinch

Real Name : Andrew Pinching

Instrument : Drums

Previous Bands : The English Dogs, Janus Stark.

Damned Career : Replaced Spike in September 1999.