{"id":26790,"date":"2017-09-12T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26790"},"modified":"2017-09-11T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T23:53:11","slug":"damned-announce-tony-visconti-will-produce-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26790","title":{"rendered":"The Damned announce Tony Visconti will produce their new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheAs reported in early spring, legendary punks The Damned\u00a0signed a new label deal\u00a0with\u00a0Search & Destroy\u00a0and announced plans for their 11th studio album. Now, the band have announced that preparations are underway.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s raw, primal and macabre energy will see its match in the studio this October in Brooklyn, NY with famed producer Tony Visconti who for over five decades has produced some of the world\u2019s most influential artists and their greatest albums (David Bowie, T.Rex, Morrisey, U2, The Stranglers, Iggy Pop and Thin Lizzy). On Engineer duties is four time Grammy-winning producer \/engineer\/mixer Kevin Killen, who has also worked with Bowie and has spent the last several decades compiling an impressive list of credentials featuring premiere pop artists Peter Gabriel, Elvis\u00a0Costello, Burt Bacharach, Bryan Ferry and Brandon Flowers.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe New York Observer proclaimed, “The Damned are a band of infinite depth and a wide variety of pleasures\u2026 high-quality blurs of melodic punk, Beach Boys-ish flowery psych-pop, chiming, bittersweet post-punk, Moody Blues-ish bombastmopherics, spiraling goth and soaring faux soul, all brilliantly executed…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s rather fitting that the band who in 1976 launched an alchemic, heady new British rock sound collaborates with one of the most important and influential producers in the history of rock. \u201cWe want to do the unexpected,\u201d<\/em> noting that the new album will offer some of the old and a lot of the new. \u201cWe\u2019ve never been predictable and well, neither has Tony. There will be a measure of experimentation and we know he\u2019ll do his best to artistically challenge us. He\u2019s been at the top of our producer list since we first started thinking about recording the album, dream come true he\u2019s on board!\u201d\u00a0<\/em>The as-yet-unnamed new album will be their first new album for nearly ten years and is the follow up to, \u2018So, Who\u2019s Paranoid?\u2019 which came out in 2008.<\/p>\n

\"TheThis news also comes with a change in The Damned\u2019s line up: the band announce the bitter sweet news of the departure of bassist Stu West. \u201cWe had a great time with Stu on this long journey. We have infinite respect for him and are forever grateful for his contributions to The Damned. As a result of this mutual understanding, we respect his decision, support him wholeheartedly and wish him the best of luck and success.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Furthermore, The Damned reveal that once again they will reunite with their former bass player Paul Gray (Eddie and the Hot Rods\/Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls, Rob Tyner (MC5)\/UFO), who was an essential part of the Damned during the 80s and who played bass on previous Damned albums ‘The Black Album<\/a>‘ and ‘Strawberries<\/a>‘. Gray will be joining the Damned in the studio this fall.<\/p>\n

A dizzying mix of dedication, creativity and stubborn will continue to fuel Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Monty Oxymoron, and Andrew “Pinch” Pinching. \u00a0While The Damned\u2019s 40 year journey has been challenging, rewarding and shocking at best, they continue to reign as Punk\u2019s original connoisseurs and feel very positive about what lies ahead in the future. That evidence will be heard on their new album and in venues worldwide as the blitz continues on their Evil Spirits Tour set to rock intimate venues through out the UK this January.<\/p>\n

The Damned \u2018Evil Spirits\u2019 2018 UK tour dates<\/h4>\n
26 January Newcastle O2 Academy<\/div>\n
27 January Dundee Caird Hall<\/div>\n
28 January Glasgow O2 Academy<\/div>\n
30 January Leeds O2 Academy Leeds<\/div>\n
31 January Manchester Academy 1<\/div>\n
1 February Birmingham O2 Academy<\/div>\n
3 February Leicester O2 Academy<\/div>\n
4 February Nottingham Rock City<\/div>\n
6 February Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall<\/div>\n
7 February Southend Cliffs Pavilion<\/div>\n
9 February Cardiff Great Hall<\/div>\n
10 February Bristol O2 Academy Bristol<\/div>\n
11 February Bournemouth O2 Academy<\/div>\n
13 February Southampton O2 Guildhall<\/div>\n
14 February Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion<\/div>\n
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17 February London O2 Forum<\/p>\n

Watch the video for vintage The Damned via YouTube below.<\/p>\n