Machine Gun Etiquette

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Some great punk songs & some more ambitious songs but they're all relentless with hardly a gap between them, except for outbreaks of Monty Python style humour (the line at the top was from the Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and was on the runout groove of side 2 of the vinyl version and so repeated over and over until you took the needle off). It is a very 'British' sounding album, cancel that, it's a very English album! The album features multiple guest musicians. Lemmy plays bass on the band's take on The Sweet's " Ballroom Blitz", which was not on the album at time of release but released as a single; the song was also added to the reissued version of the album. Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon also appear on the album, which showcases cover versions of songs by MC5. The album also features sometime Pink Floyd lyricist Anthony Moore on synthesiser. Philip Lloyd-Smee contributed to the sleeve and logo design work on Machine Gun Etiquette. The ending of "Smash It Up (Part II)" segues into the "Ballroom Blitz" intro. "Rabid (Over You)" is a new mix.

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a b c "New Documentary Explores The Damned's 40 Year History of Anarchy, Chaos And Destruction". Decider. 27 May 2016 . Retrieved 26 May 2021. a b Robbins, Ira (15 March 1991). " Machine Gun Etiquette". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022 . Retrieved 2 November 2020. Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part This album was the bridge from the bands early 'punk' days to their more creative and commercial eighties phase. Issued in November 1979, “Machine Gun Etiquette” was more than a valediction. A thrilling, wild ride, it took in hyper-speed, guitar-driven pop, psychedelic pop and surreal pop songs drawing from the girl’s comic Bunty and Vanian’s fascination with Hollywood and horror. Pop, though, was what the album was about. Tunes. Whether with the hard-edged anthem ‘Noise, Noise, Noise’ (featuring members of the Clash on vocals; they were recording “London Calling” at the same studio booked by the Damned), the kinetic ‘Liar’ or the astonishing, atmospheric ‘Plan 9 Channel 7’, this new Damned prioritised melody.Bolan had taken The Damned on his final UK tour (Dandy In The Underworld) in early 1977, and by all accounts were very impressed with how they were treated. Ed Hollis – producer ("Love Song" (Ed Hollis version), "Noise, Noise, Noise" (Ed Hollis version), "Suicide") Outro "Nibbled To Death Buying a Copy"? by Peter Jones (10) as The Narrator from Douglas Adams - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Shooman, Joe (October 2007). "The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette". Record Collector. No.341 . Retrieved 3 June 2013. By this point in The Damned’s history, the line-up had changed from their first two albums, “Damned Damned Damned” and “Music for Pleasure”(1977). Brian James left the group, and was replaced on guitar by Captain Sensible, and Algy Ward of The Saints took Sensible’s place on bass. Sensible also played keyboard on the album.

The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette (2004, 25th Anniversary

Henry Rollins usually begins his regular Friday night listening session with “Machine Gun Etiquette”. He is, as he says, a “Bowie-fixated, Zeppelin-worshiping Stooges freak” but the Damned’s third album sets the bar for what follows, issuing a challenge to all his other favourites. Great review. Ilike this band. I've got Radio Sessions One by them. It's a comp. of a bunch of sessions(duhh). Four sogns off this are on it (I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Noise, Noise, Noise, Smash It Up (don't remember which one)). They are all great. There's still the quirkiness (ahem, 'These Hands') that hints the band might end up heading in a very different direction in the near future, though nothing is overtly 'gothic' at this stage - just a hint of the perverse in a similar fashion to say, The Doors.Love Song charted and two Top of The Pops appearances ensued, but then Smash It Up was banned by the Beeb for fear of inciting revolution. I Just Can't Be Happy restored the balance a bit, and produced another TOTP appearance, but some momentum had been lost and so it was time to move on: but more of that next year. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. I discovered The Damned by way of the cassettes my brother left in my room for safe keeping while he was away in the Peace Corps. I was at that age where I was looking for something loud and rebellious so it would seem a band called The Damned would scratch the itch. Needless to say it wasn’t nearly as dark and offensive as I had hoped but it was terribly catchy. Time went on and I started to collect as many Damned releases as I could get my hands on (witch was quite a bit) but the only ones I listened to with any regularity were _Damned Damned Damned_ and _Machine Gun Etiquette_ (ok, _Light at the End of The Tunnel_ got a lot of play as well). _Machine Gun Etiquette_ is quite simply the best Pop Punk album ever made, just barely topping _Singles Going Steady_ which isn’t a true album so there ya are, the best. To this day I slap this disc on and sing along with every word, pretending like I’m 15 and in my bedroom pissed off at my mom about something or another. PS - I see that this has been released in a 'Deluxe' version - does it improve the slightly dodgy production? without a doubt. there is so much excellence on this album. love song, s/t, melody lee, anti-pope, plan 9, smash it up