CASEY CHAOS To Front THE DAMNED At 30-Year Anniversary Gig Of Debut CD

May 12, 2006

Over 30 years ago, the biggest tour in punk rock was announced and featured the SEX PISTOLS, CLASH, and THE DAMNED. THE DAMNED were considered the anti-BEATLES, and consisted of the only local punks who could actually play their instruments. Today the founding members of THE DAMNED, Rat Scabies and Brian James, are announcing the 30-year anniversary of the release of their debut album "Damned Damned Damned" and will be performing the album in its entirety at the legendary 100 Club in London. And what's more, they've decided that Casey Chaos from AMEN will be the lead singer for the evening.

Commented Scabies: "Brian and I were quite adamant to have Casey do this gig — there were no other names above his. AMEN is the only band I've seen in the last 10 years who are truly punk rock. We don't know what will happen when Casey gets onstage with us — and that's the way we like it."

Since the original lineup of THE DAMNED disbanded, Rat penned a fictional biography called "Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail", which became a top seller for the drummer previously known as "the Keith Moon of punk." Guitarist Brian James formed THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH with Stiv Bators of THE DEAD BOYS. Meanwhile a young rebellious punk rocker named Casey Chaos was watching and listening to their every move.

Commented Chaos: "To share the stage with Rat and Brian on this night will be engraved into my epitaph as the most important show of my life! 'Damned Damned Damned' changed my life as well as musical history. I'm gonna treat this with the utmost respect for them and their fans. I want to do everything I can to do it justice and make Rat, Brian, Captain, Vanian, Algy and everyone else proud of what they have achieved and celebrate their contribution to punk rock and the legacy that they left. To say that I am humbled and honored is inappropriate. I am ready to slash my throat at the altar of THE DAMNED in dedication to all the lives they changed. I am ready to destroy."

This show will be at London's 100 Club on July 6, 2006.

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