“ CAPTAIN SENSIBLE….SHOES. VETERAN PUNKS, THE DAMNED, SHOW THE YOUNGINS HOW TO SMASH IT UP. “ ( TH
“ Oh, What a Relief It Is… “ – Old-timey Alka Seltzer slogan. I start with this slogan because many of us sighed with relief when Dave Vanian , lead singer of the seminal British punk/goth band, the Damned, started off his Hollywood set with “ Love Song “ and THIS TIME, the microphone he was using actually worked. The last time I saw the Damned, it was at the Ink N’ Iron Fest at Long Beach’s Queen Mary with Fear and the Buzzcocks ( I know, dream line-up ). But many of us were
