{"id":12856,"date":"2015-03-12T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T17:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=12856"},"modified":"2015-10-17T07:03:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T11:03:02","slug":"the-damned-documentary-to-world-premiere-at-sxsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=12856","title":{"rendered":"The Damned documentary to world premiere at SXSW"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘THE DAMNED: Don\u2019t You Wish That We Were Dead’ is\u00a0filmmaker Wes Orshoski\u2019s long-awaited documentary of British punk pioneers The Damned. The film\u00a0will world premiere Wednesday March 18 at The Paramount Theatre in Austin as part of the 2015 South by Southwest Film & Music Festival. The Damned will attend the premiere and perform later that night at an official SXSW showcase at Mohawk.<\/p>\n

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Shot around the world over the past four years, the authorized film features appearances by Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Mick Jones (The Clash), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Lemmy Kilmister (Mot\u00f6rhead), Duff McKagan (Guns \u2018N\u2019 Roses), Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat\/Fugazi), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), actor\/comedian Fred Armisen, and more. The world premiere is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. on March 18, and will be attended by the current line-up of the Damned, including founding members David Vanian and Captain Sensible.<\/p>\n

The Damned were the first U.K. punk band to release a single (1976\u2019s essential New Rose<\/em>) and album (1977\u2019s iconic ‘Damned Damned Damned’) and they were the first to bring British punk to America, including a stop at New York\u2019s CBGBs.<\/p>\n

Weathering near fatal line-changes, The Damned went on to record hits in the new wave era (Love Song<\/em> & Smash It Up<\/em>) and registered a massive impact on the 1980s goth scene. The Damned is one of the only surviving band\u2019s from punk\u2019s first wave.<\/p>\n

‘THE DAMNED: Don\u2019t You Wish That We Were Dead’ documents\u00a0the band\u2019s unique history and bitter infighting; it captures the band in the midst of a 35th anniversary tour in 2011 which estranged former members Rat Scabies and Brian James answered with their own anniversary tour. Meanwhile, other former members reunite in the unlikeliest of places\u2014a Welsh cancer ward; elsewhere, members of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Melvins, T.S.O.L., Buzzcocks, Adverts and the Offspring detail the Damned\u2019s role in setting fire to the dinosaur rock of the 1970s while sparking the punk movement in America.<\/p>\n

‘THE DAMNED: Don\u2019t You Wish That We Were Dead’\u00a0is longtime journalist\/ photographer Wes Orshoski\u2019s follow-up to 2011\u2019s ‘Lemmy,’ the award-winning portrait of Mot\u00f6rhead legend Kilmister (which Orshoski co-directed\/produced).<\/p>\n

The Damned\u2019s current line-up of Vanian, Sensible, keyboardist Monty Oxymoron, drummer Pinch and bassist Stu West will launch the film by appearing at the world premiere and with a performance at 11 p.m. on Wed. March 18 at Mohawk, on the first night of the SXSW Music Festival.<\/p>\n

‘THE DAMNED: Don\u2019t You Wish That We Were Dead\u00a0screening times and locations at SXSW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 18, 2:15 p.m.
\n(World Premiere to be attended by The Damned)
\nParamount Theatre
\n713 N Congress Ave., Austin<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 19, 11 a.m.
\nStateside Theatre
\n719 Congress Ave., Austin<\/p>\n

Friday, March 20, 4 p.m.
\nMarchesa Theatre
\n6226 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the\u00a0official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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