this one was soo damn fun to film. this is why i love to film reactions! THANK YOU FOR THE 20k SUBS! WOW!! i'll film a special Q&A to celebrate soon - i'll post a story up on instagram where i'll take questions so keep a look out. :) NOTE - unfortunately youtube was blocking this video unless Neat Neat Neat ( the first track) was majorly cut down. full cut is up on patreon
Guitarist Brian James was also in the new wave/postpunk supergroup Lords of the New Church. I think you would enjoy them as well, especially their songs "Open Your Eyes" and "Russian Roulette"!
@@kirawasareactores, definitely Machine Gun Etiquette next. But I hope you get enough time to listen to the 2 albums after that, The Black Album (especially Curtain Call which takes up all of side C!) and Strawberries.
I love The Damned so much, they're one of my favorite punk bands for sure. Two other punk albums you really need in your life are The Clash - The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material, also both debut albums and both fantastic.
A near perfect punk album. I am 58, and this album still makes me want to get up and jump around. A great live band too. A great reaction, thank you for the upload. You must listen to the greatest, Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols album.
This was joyous to watch. The Damned are my favourite band, and to see your reactions was fantastic. The great thing about The Damned is that their albums are so varied in style. Their 3rd, 4th, and 5th albums (Machine Gun Etiquette, The Black Album, and Strawberries)show their true diversity, and are definitely worth a listen.
This video made my day. I wish I could go back to 1977 and hear it for the first time again. It was truly a joy watching you discover it. Do the first Clash album next!
Check out the Stooges'Funhouse album. The Damned cover the song "1970" (I Feel Alright) on this album. You'd also enjoy The Cramps- Songs the Lord Taught us.
Brilliant! Loved your enthusiasm for one of my favourite albums indeed favourite bands of all time. 2nd album was a continuation but didn't quite hit the heights of this one and the band split soon after. They soon reformed without guitarist Brian James with bassist Captain Sensible moving to guitar and released a third album Machine Gun Etiquette which is rightly regarded as one of the greatest punk albums of all time, they were always on the fringes of the music industry but had a few months in the mid to late eighties when they had a number one hit and a few high in the charts. Captain Sensible even had a couple of big solo hits too. The current line up are still releasing great music and the original line up toured this debut album just a couple of months ago. I've seen a few recommendations on here for the 3rd album all I can say is just do it! I saw how you reacted to an x Ray spex track, can't wait for you to do the album, keep digging the music!
Love the Damned, loved your reaction... what a band. I was 14 when the Damned released New Rose then Damned Damned Damned, still love them... still so full of life.
@@snuffcore9686 2 captain sensible who played bass on first two albums and guitar thereafter and dave vanian the singer , also paul gray who played on their early eighties stuff
Kira, all those albums on your short-list are essential so you can't go wrong with any of them.....also add in Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks and Once Upon A Time by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Half way through and love this reaction already. Will compose later a proper comment when finished. Glad you had already heard Neat Neat Neat as you can get on to rest of album with that one gone.
@@electricwizard3000 You mean U.K. punk? Because Ramones were punk. And their first lp was in '76. However, they may not have released any singles, not sure
@@mattjohn4731 Yes, you are correct: the first UK punk single. NYC's The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" was released in February 1976, while The Damned's "New Rose" was released October 1976.
Check out 'The Saints' -an Australian PunK band from Brisbane that formed in 1974 - I love em by 1980 they changed in style -also Radio Birdman another punky rock n roll band from Sydney
Simply put, one of the greatest punk albums of all time and released very close the the Damned's 1st is Pink Flag by the band Wire. Wire are a british band and Pink Flag is considered one of the top 5 foundational punk albums. Lots of tracks and many of them are quite short, but the album is a very enjoyable listen.
Hi.. My brother brought this??! 1978?.my first Album was the, Ramones,, 1981,,.. Try some great from here.. ,, Sods-Minute Togo,, (Danmark 1979).. /.. Slime-mea culpa(German Band since 1978)..*greedings from north germany
Have you heard the Australian punky classics from that era? Apart from ‘I’m Stranded’ by the Saints, I’m also in awe of X - Aspirations from a few years later. Great stuff!
Australia has always had top-level rock, hard rock, punk rock, etc, forever [well, at least as far back as Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs]. I'm from the US, but a huge fan of Aussie rock.
An absolute classic! You've got to add Crass and The Exploited to your list as well. A couple of my personal UK favourites there. For some contemporary punk I have to ask if you've heard of "Amyl and the Sniffers"? They're an Aussie band and I really think you'd dig them.
I remember trying to practice drums to this when I was 17; nearly gave myself a heart attack. :) This album is so chaotically amazing (produced as rawly as possible by Nick Lowe). The Damned did a lot of firsts- the first UK punk band to release a single, to release an album, to tour the US (there's a lot of conjecture as to how The Damned essentially kick-started the West Coast punk scene, and why the LA punk scene was much more energetic than New York, which already had their established scene at the time), as well as the first of the early UK punk bands to break up- and reform.
The album was done on a budget. It's amazing there was any production at all. They are more than just a punk band though. You should listen to Machine gun Etiquette though.
Great video! Awesome reaction! This is the Kira I know and grew to love! You keep it packed full of energy and enthusiasm and I know it's a genuine reaction!. I know that I always compliments you because you deserve one,in my opinion and from my heart! And that is , that you are gorgeous!I noticed the hair cut etc... It looks nice.
Thank you Victor :D this one was sooo fun i loved filming it so much. i've been cutting my hair nearly every week spontaneously. it keeps getting shorter & shorter in each video lol
Just in case you didn't know... The track on side 2 "I Feel Alright" is a cover of The Stooges track. This album when it came out was like a smash and grab to the brain; Hit it hard and hit it fast!!
Nice one! Looking forward for your reaction to X-Ray Spex. They are my faves on your list, one of the first female fronted UK punk bands with the late great Poly Styrene, really energetic, great hooks and thoughtful lyrics. Would also appreciate your thoughts on Björk
Definitely recommend checking out “Machine Gun Etiquette”, when you come back to the Damned. Excellent album, it’s been in heavy rotation at my place for the last few weeks.
hey kira love your reactions and channel can i recommend a few albums for you to listen too the chameleons-script of the bridge,teenage fanclub-grand prix,and manic street preachers-the holy bible.keep on keeping on you are ace.
My recommendation for the next Punk review would be Another Music in a Different kitchen by the Buzzcocks. I know you said previously you were a fan and like the Damned album, it doesn't have a bad track on it.
12:12 Right!? *Side note: Rat Scabies [drummer] is a full-fledged rocknroll icon. They each are, and I would include everybody who's been associated with the Damned as well. *Side note2: Probably the first band to synthesize the musical ethos of the MC5/Stooges/Dolls, and elevate all that to the next level [that level being '77 punk]. 17:36 A Stooges cover. A reaction to their album 'Fun House' would be a logical extension of reacting to 'Damned! Damned! Damned!' Thoughts on '(final thoughts)': If one is intrigued by origins, and the origins within those, there really is no greater starting-point for punk rock appreciation than this album. 21:08 For appreciation of any 'post' genre, it's most necessary to appreciate actual genre [or sub-genre] it springs from; so it's not really surprising [to me] Kira would connect with this touchstone of an album.
Freakin awesome hope you Dig these guys ...the DamneD are my all time favorite Punk Band ... The Sex Pistols may have been the poster boys of punk but the DamneD where the first release a single the first to release full album and the first Punk band to play in the US.
Proper punk! Can you hear the similarity to early Motorhead? Check out the first Motorhead album, On Parole for a real punk feel. Before Motorhead Lemmy was in a band called Hawkwind. Sid Vicious sold drugs at their gigs and said that if it wasn't for Hawkwind punk and the Sex Pistols would never have existed. Check out a live version of Brainstorm for an example. Then, if you think you're ready, check out Discharge! V similar to Motorhead but defo on the punk side of the line. Protest and Survive is a hard-core, proper anarchist punk classic! That is all 😁😉
Your reactions are fun! I'm going to be the odd person out. I'm not a huge fan of punk but- 1. The Damned is the best punk band. 2. "Ignite" is an amazing song if you like high energy. 3. I like the album "Anything". Not a punk album but gothic. This was a dark and very theatrical album. "In Dulce Decorum" is a haunting anti-war song. 4. The Shadow of Love and Curtain Call are also great songs and more techno ventures, showing more musical virtuosity and maturity. 5. The band's lineup has changed so many times so every album is unique. But that insane high-energy drumming on their debut is none other than Rat Scabies.
finished. Not got much to say can't find the words to say how great it was to watch your reaction. It will have to be facts, let's start at end yeah guitar did not do much on last track it was a cover of song by The Stooges who you reacted to as proto punk. Album recorded and mixed 10 days! I feel most songs have 2 meanings Fish could be literal and "smell a fish" a phrase to be suspicious but mostly New Rose can be about in love with new romantic partner but also in love with a new music scene that was just starting in the UK then round world for first UK punk single quite remarkable and debut album too. you will love The Saints, Australian (Brisbane?) Band who were current to UK punk and perhaps doing same before more credited bands.
One Friday afternoon in late May, 1977, a nervous 18 year old schoolboy - still in his school uniform and with greasy, unruly hair that drooped over an acne-pocked forehead - waited in line outside The Corn Exchange in Cambridge, U.K., to see The Damned. I felt a bit like a fish out of water amongst the more obvious punk rock fans with their leather jackets, studded belts and wristbands, dog collars and lurid spiky haircuts, a few of whom regarded me with mild hostility and surly contempt. However, despite not yet fitting the stereotypical image I had already been listening to punk avidly since the latter half of 1976, and was studiously building up a small but vital record collection, which did indeed include 'Damned Damned Damned'... By the time I entered the cavernous, echoing hangar that was the venue the support band, The Adverts, had already ploughed into their opening song, and so really they were THE first ever Brit-Punk band I experienced live (and they were really, really good...). Speaking of first times, this gig on May 27th, '77, was the very first EVER Punk/New Wave concert to be held in a large venue in Cambridge, and it was a doozy! The audience was relatively small, and a mix of punks, greasers and assorted weirdos, amongst whose ranks I guess I fitted in just fine. I remember seeing two young girls in fancy-dress, one as a soldier in uniform, complete with plastic machine-gun, whilst her friend was a fairy, resplendent with gauze wings (which didn't last long once The Damned hit the stage and the pogoing and moshing began!)... A few years later I recognised them as Debsey and Hester from local ingénues The Dolly Mixture, who are still one of my fave all-grrrl bands from that era. Back to The Damned. They were of course mind-blowing for all who were lucky to see them in their prime and with THE definitive line-up. I consider myself blessed to have been there. There was no going back, by the end of the summer of '77 my hair had been first Elvis-quiffed, and then cut shorter and spiked, and with no more school to attend I could dress more suitably for the Punk scene. The bands I saw from then on over the course of a decade are a litany of Punk and New Wave greats and enthusiastic 'could've-beens'... One day I should write my memoirs, lol. Loved this reaction vid, Kira, I could tell the music hit you exactly as it impacted on that callow Cambridgeshire schoolkid way, way back in 1977. Incidentally, you should check out The Adverts' first LP 'Crossing The Red Sea', it too is highly regarded as a Punk classic. Seeing them support The Damned... wow!!! That truly was a double-bill to die for! As the late John Lennon once exclaimed, "You should've been there!"
HI Kira, I really enjoy your reactions. I would like to recommend an album by an Australian band called THE SAINTS, called '(I'm) stranded', I believe they had more success over here in the UK than they did back home. they even made a brief appearance in a TV show called 'the return of the saint' (it's probably on YT somewhere). I certainly played STRANDED to death back in '77
Love her reaction to new rose, I had the same reaction when I first heard it 46 years ago as a 15 year old kid, still one of my favourite records of all time. Gives me goose bumps. This was their first album and it blew me away. The Damned are still touring and I saw them 5 years ago.
Hey just discovered your channel and I love the reactions and the sick hair! Idk if you react to prog rock but it would be awesome if you gave "heart of the sunrise" or "roundabout" by yes a listine! Ooo also the way you get into is the best. Have a rocking weekend 🤘❤
Great stuff! X’s debut “Los Angeles” is a great early LA punk record I think you’ll love. That said my fave punk or post punk album ever is the 1977 debut Wire album “Pink Flag”.
In case you didn't know. I Feel Alright is a Stooges song, but on the Stooges 2nd Album, Funhouse, it is called 1970. You really need to listen to Funhouse.
You should definitely listen to The Stooges next. Then Ramones, then Sex Pistols, then The Clash, then The Damned's 1979 album Machine Gun Etiquette. They get a little bit new wave - I think you'll like it :)
that album is just great from start to finish. They made other great albums too like i definitely recommend ‘machine gun etiquette’ and ‘the black album’ because them two albums have a post-punk sound but also have the same energy of ‘damned damned damned’.
My suggestion would be that the next Damned full album you should hear is Machine Gun Etiquette; their third album. The next punk band you should listen to is the Buzzcocks. I'd do their debut album as well. It's called Another Music In A Different Kitchen. Singles Going Steady is a great compilation of their singles and is also a great listen. After that then we can start talking about bands like the Stranglers or the Clash.
@@TheChadTI they were incredible. Like the Sex Pistols, they only lasted a couple years but what they produced in that short period of time was so impactful! If you haven’t already done so I highly recommend looking up Henry Rollins talking about his love for them, it’s spread over 4 parts and goes for like 40 minutes.
Your next punk album reaction has either gotta be Never Mind The Bullocks, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables or I’m Stranded! 3 of the most influential albums/bands of that era 👌🏻
Your reactions are so fun to watch! It's great to see how timeless this album is, and that peoplevare still having these reactions off off an almost 50 year old album!
The Beatles Please Please Me just hit 60 years old. It was the simple sound that the first punks were trying to get back to. Recorded in one day, that's punk right there. Weren't afraid to experiment. The Damned,Clash,Stranglers,..etc. just want to be a modern day version.😂 Do Please Please Me next.
To continue on a punk journey from the Damned I wish I could hear these for the first time again: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks New York Dolls - self titled Ramones - Rocket to Russia Crass - Penis Envy Conflict - Ungovernable Force Discharge - early singles Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for rotting vegetables Minor Threat- Discography Misfits - anything from Danzig era Subhumans - World's Apart
90s punk has some great bands as well, post punk may be called that but it never really died. Bad Religion, Rancid, and NoFX would be some example bands that would be a good place to drop in to see what 15-20 years did to evolve the genre.
Anyone who sees this, check out Honey Bane's "Girl on the Run," coming from the early Crass family. Very unique riff and jam. Kinda rare, not a lot of people know it.
I don't think I ever have, and I love Crass (since the late 80s no less). I'll look it up, thanks for the tip! EDIT: I did, and that's some good stuff. You really hear the Crass, lol!
While I love this album with all my heart, and you being a lover of post punk I think the only thing left for you to do is listen to The STOOGES. There would be no Damned, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Clash, etc…. Without the STOOGES. They and the MC5 influenced every punk band. But the STOOGES were so far ahead of their time that people are still catching up to them. I recommend going in order of their discography because it puts things into perspective with when they came out. Quite possibly the most underrated band of all time even though they are in the rock and roll hall of fame. They never had fame in their career. But influencing several decades of music is better than commercial success in my book.
Hi, first time I heard a song of them was in a serie of MTB videos from UK, Earthed (1,2,3 mainly), by Alex Rankin. 2000 to 2005. Perfects song for the sport, New Rose, I Feel Alright and Neat Neat Neat blew my mind.
Saw them live a few days ago and they were amazing! I would definitely recommend you listen to their album machine gun etiquette its one of my favourite albums ever
Nomeansno - Sex Mad. One of those bands that may have not been well known to the general public but were hugely influential to the bands that came after them.
This has worked its way into my top 10 albums list over the years. 20 years ago(I’m 41 now), I was into darker, crunchier punk, but now I just wanna feel happy. This album makes me feel happy. The end
the sex pistols was mind blowing, grip single by the stranglers there first single amazing, new york dolls, jet boy, american band, single around 74 the original punk bank managed by the sex pistols manager mclaren, from some one who saw the pistols/ damned in 1976
A great album from the punk era that always gets overlooked-but is absolutely VITAL-is Richard Hell & the Voidoids' "Blank Generation." Find it and give it a listen. You won't be sorry!
this one was soo damn fun to film. this is why i love to film reactions! THANK YOU FOR THE 20k SUBS! WOW!! i'll film a special Q&A to celebrate soon - i'll post a story up on instagram where i'll take questions so keep a look out. :) NOTE - unfortunately youtube was blocking this video unless Neat Neat Neat ( the first track) was majorly cut down. full cut is up on patreon
if you liked this album you absolutely gotta hear their third album, machine gun etiquette. Won't regret it
@@luckson94 thanks for the rec!
Guitarist Brian James was also in the new wave/postpunk supergroup Lords of the New Church.
I think you would enjoy them as well, especially their songs "Open Your Eyes" and "Russian Roulette"!
And albums like this are why we love to check out your reactions!
@@kirawasareactores, definitely Machine Gun Etiquette next. But I hope you get enough time to listen to the 2 albums after that, The Black Album (especially Curtain Call which takes up all of side C!) and Strawberries.
Brian james the genius on guitar 🎸 probably in the top 100 lps of all time in my opinion 🇬🇧🇮🇪🍀
Going to see the Damned live for the first time in 6 weeks, can't wait.
"(I'm) Stranded" by The Saints and "Radios Appear" by Radio Birdman are great Australian early punk records.
Love Stranded.....one of the best from ANYWHERE
I'm on your side,i'm from Croatia, but Aussie rock ìs my thinģ
I love The Damned so much, they're one of my favorite punk bands for sure. Two other punk albums you really need in your life are The Clash - The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material, also both debut albums and both fantastic.
Damned's Machine Gun Etiquette is a must, and Crossing the Red Sea by the Adverts. And Buzzcocks!
Definitely listen to the Clash, the Stranglers and the Ramones.
A near perfect punk album. I am 58, and this album still makes me want to get up and jump around. A great live band too. A great reaction, thank you for the upload. You must listen to the greatest, Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols album.
Its such a joy to see that you are getting the same sort of excitement and adrenaline rush I did back in 77/78
New Rose 💯❤🖤🌹
That's the badass Rat Scabies on drums
I love Machine Gun Etiquette as well, fantastic album.
The final track is a Stooges cover - "1970" from the legendary album "Funhouse"
Omg yes. Brian James is one of my guitar heroes. The Damned are so cool.
This was joyous to watch.
The Damned are my favourite band, and to see your reactions was fantastic.
The great thing about The Damned is that their albums are so varied in style. Their 3rd, 4th, and 5th albums (Machine Gun Etiquette, The Black Album, and Strawberries)show their true diversity, and are definitely worth a listen.
The best of the best.
This video made my day. I wish I could go back to 1977 and hear it for the first time again. It was truly a joy watching you discover it. Do the first Clash album next!
i went too see The damned on Friday night...great set as always!! apprently the largest audience at venue ever(Newcastle NX UK)
Check out the Stooges'Funhouse album. The Damned cover the song "1970" (I Feel Alright) on this album. You'd also enjoy The Cramps- Songs the Lord Taught us.
You will LOVE any of those other records that popped up on that poll
Brilliant! Loved your enthusiasm for one of my favourite albums indeed favourite bands of all time. 2nd album was a continuation but didn't quite hit the heights of this one and the band split soon after. They soon reformed without guitarist Brian James with bassist Captain Sensible moving to guitar and released a third album Machine Gun Etiquette which is rightly regarded as one of the greatest punk albums of all time, they were always on the fringes of the music industry but had a few months in the mid to late eighties when they had a number one hit and a few high in the charts. Captain Sensible even had a couple of big solo hits too. The current line up are still releasing great music and the original line up toured this debut album just a couple of months ago. I've seen a few recommendations on here for the 3rd album all I can say is just do it! I saw how you reacted to an x Ray spex track, can't wait for you to do the album, keep digging the music!
Love the Damned, loved your reaction... what a band. I was 14 when the Damned released New Rose then Damned Damned Damned, still love them... still so full of life.
The Damned are still at it, releasing killer albums and touring them in the 21st century...
Just the best! Such a great album. One of the true punk greats!
This was awesome...
Next suggestion:
THE CLASH ❤
You should try Phantasmagoria from 1985, so different but brillant, too
Saw them on Friday they finished with new rose and it still sounds fantastic
How many original members are left in the band?
@@snuffcore9686 2 captain sensible who played bass on first two albums and guitar thereafter and dave vanian the singer , also paul gray who played on their early eighties stuff
@@marcraygun6290 Thx ☺
Nice timing, these guys are touring Australia next month
Kira, all those albums on your short-list are essential so you can't go wrong with any of them.....also add in Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks and Once Upon A Time by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Yeah... I'm not sure how the Buzzcocks have been so overlooked here, but that needs to be rectified. Singles is an ESSENTIAL punk record.
Also Sham 69 Tell Us The Truth,Eater the Album,The first Clash Lp and the Drones Further Temptations
Half way through and love this reaction already. Will compose later a proper comment when finished. Glad you had already heard Neat Neat Neat as you can get on to rest of album with that one gone.
New Rose 🌹is one of the earliest & best Punk Rock singles Produced By the legendary Nick Lowe. They covered Help by The Beatles on the B-Side.
It is the very first punk single.
@@electricwizard3000 You mean U.K. punk? Because Ramones were punk. And their first lp was in '76. However, they may not have released any singles, not sure
@@mattjohn4731 Yes, you are correct: the first UK punk single. NYC's The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" was released in February 1976, while The Damned's "New Rose" was released October 1976.
My favorite song ever.
Check out 'The Saints' -an Australian PunK band from Brisbane that formed in 1974 - I love em by 1980 they changed in style -also Radio Birdman another punky rock n roll band from Sydney
Simply put, one of the greatest punk albums of all time and released very close the the Damned's 1st is Pink Flag by the band Wire. Wire are a british band and Pink Flag is considered one of the top 5 foundational punk albums. Lots of tracks and many of them are quite short, but the album is a very enjoyable listen.
Hi.. My brother brought this??! 1978?.my first Album was the, Ramones,, 1981,,..
Try some great from here..
,, Sods-Minute Togo,, (Danmark 1979).. /.. Slime-mea culpa(German Band since 1978)..*greedings from north germany
i love this album i have a green vynil copy ! classic punk rock
please listen to the Stranglers debut,if you like bass then you will love this album
Have you heard the Australian punky classics from that era? Apart from ‘I’m Stranded’ by the Saints, I’m also in awe of X - Aspirations from a few years later. Great stuff!
Australia has always had top-level rock, hard rock, punk rock, etc, forever [well, at least as far back as Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs]. I'm from the US, but a huge fan of Aussie rock.
One of the greatest albums first punk band out great live band playing this summer
There about 30 groups play there song they still playing 47 years later great live saw live were
The first punk band and captain say what
The Damned were all about having fun I can clearly see you have connected 100% with them. Check out the UK Subs - Another Kind Of Blues.
Captain Sensible on the bass
Wot? ;-) (Yeah, of course.)
An absolute classic! You've got to add Crass and The Exploited to your list as well. A couple of my personal UK favourites there. For some contemporary punk I have to ask if you've heard of "Amyl and the Sniffers"? They're an Aussie band and I really think you'd dig them.
I remember trying to practice drums to this when I was 17; nearly gave myself a heart attack. :)
This album is so chaotically amazing (produced as rawly as possible by Nick Lowe).
The Damned did a lot of firsts- the first UK punk band to release a single, to release an album, to tour the US (there's a lot of conjecture as to how The Damned essentially kick-started the West Coast punk scene, and why the LA punk scene was much more energetic than New York, which already had their established scene at the time), as well as the first of the early UK punk bands to break up- and reform.
It was fantastic watching you listen to this. I'd recommend the Clash for next punk album.
And from the early british punk you should give Buzzcocks Love Bites and Undertones Debut a try. Master pieces
You must do The Black album, Strawberries and also the new album from 2023 Darkadelic. love the reviews and its fantastic to see a new punk fan
The album was done on a budget. It's amazing there was any production at all. They are more than just a punk band though. You should listen to Machine gun Etiquette though.
Great video! Awesome reaction! This is the Kira I know and grew to love! You keep it packed full of energy and enthusiasm and I know it's a genuine reaction!. I know that I always compliments you because you deserve one,in my opinion and from my heart! And that is , that you are gorgeous!I noticed the hair cut etc... It looks nice.
Thank you Victor :D this one was sooo fun i loved filming it so much. i've been cutting my hair nearly every week spontaneously. it keeps getting shorter & shorter in each video lol
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@@duncantanguay4820 , What do you mean ?
Just in case you didn't know...
The track on side 2 "I Feel Alright" is a cover of The Stooges track.
This album when it came out was like a smash and grab to the brain; Hit it hard and hit it fast!!
Nice one! Looking forward for your reaction to X-Ray Spex. They are my faves on your list, one of the first female fronted UK punk bands with the late great Poly Styrene, really energetic, great hooks and thoughtful lyrics. Would also appreciate your thoughts on Björk
Great reaction ❤ This was the first punk LP I bought and it was played to death. You should definitely go to a Damned gig, it’s quite an experience!
Definitely recommend checking out “Machine Gun Etiquette”, when you come back to the Damned. Excellent album, it’s been in heavy rotation at my place for the last few weeks.
hey kira love your reactions and channel can i recommend a few albums for you to listen too the chameleons-script of the bridge,teenage fanclub-grand prix,and manic street preachers-the holy bible.keep on keeping on you are ace.
My recommendation for the next Punk review would be Another Music in a Different kitchen by the Buzzcocks. I know you said previously you were a fan and like the Damned album, it doesn't have a bad track on it.
Sex Pistols: Never mind the bollocks is of course the most classic UK punk album. But this one is right next to it.
I love it too, but it's a dirge compared with the pace of this. Trying to imagine a world in which this was the only UK punk album that existed!
Great reaction, especially to my favourite Damned song, the epic New Rose.
12:12 Right!?
*Side note: Rat Scabies [drummer] is a full-fledged rocknroll icon. They each are, and I would include everybody who's been associated with the Damned as well.
*Side note2: Probably the first band to synthesize the musical ethos of the MC5/Stooges/Dolls, and elevate all that to the next level [that level being '77 punk].
17:36 A Stooges cover. A reaction to their album 'Fun House' would be a logical extension of reacting to 'Damned! Damned! Damned!'
Thoughts on '(final thoughts)': If one is intrigued by origins, and the origins within those, there really is no greater starting-point for punk rock appreciation than this album. 21:08 For appreciation of any 'post' genre, it's most necessary to appreciate actual genre [or sub-genre] it springs from; so it's not really surprising [to me] Kira would connect with this touchstone of an album.
Fell in love with this album the moment I heard it when I was 16 , I think 1 of the 2 is my favourite track
Freakin awesome hope you Dig these guys ...the DamneD are my all time favorite Punk Band ... The Sex Pistols may have been the poster boys of punk but the DamneD where the first release a single the first to release full album and the first Punk band to play in the US.
NMTB outsold Damned ×3 album back then and I bet it does still to this present day 🤘🤘
The Black Album is my favourite by the Damned
Static age (album) by the misfits would be great for you, i think:-)
Proper punk! Can you hear the similarity to early Motorhead? Check out the first Motorhead album, On Parole for a real punk feel. Before Motorhead Lemmy was in a band called Hawkwind. Sid Vicious sold drugs at their gigs and said that if it wasn't for Hawkwind punk and the Sex Pistols would never have existed. Check out a live version of Brainstorm for an example. Then, if you think you're ready, check out Discharge! V similar to Motorhead but defo on the punk side of the line. Protest and Survive is a hard-core, proper anarchist punk classic! That is all 😁😉
Your reactions are fun! I'm going to be the odd person out. I'm not a huge fan of punk but-
1. The Damned is the best punk band.
2. "Ignite" is an amazing song if you like high energy.
3. I like the album "Anything". Not a punk album but gothic. This was a dark and very theatrical album.
"In Dulce Decorum" is a haunting anti-war song.
4. The Shadow of Love and Curtain Call are also great songs and more techno ventures, showing more musical virtuosity and maturity.
5. The band's lineup has changed so many times so every album is unique. But that insane high-energy drumming on their debut is none other than Rat Scabies.
I was listening to this band couple months ago 🤔 ,
#damned4ever!!!!!!!
finished. Not got much to say can't find the words to say how great it was to watch your reaction. It will have to be facts, let's start at end yeah guitar did not do much on last track it was a cover of song by The Stooges who you reacted to as proto punk. Album recorded and mixed 10 days! I feel most songs have 2 meanings Fish could be literal and "smell a fish" a phrase to be suspicious but mostly New Rose can be about in love with new romantic partner but also in love with a new music scene that was just starting in the UK then round world for first UK punk single quite remarkable and debut album too.
you will love The Saints, Australian (Brisbane?) Band who were current to UK punk and perhaps doing same before more credited bands.
And Radio Birdman!
One Friday afternoon in late May, 1977, a nervous 18 year old schoolboy - still in his school uniform and with greasy, unruly hair that drooped over an acne-pocked forehead - waited in line outside The Corn Exchange in Cambridge, U.K., to see The Damned. I felt a bit like a fish out of water amongst the more obvious punk rock fans with their leather jackets, studded belts and wristbands, dog collars and lurid spiky haircuts, a few of whom regarded me with mild hostility and surly contempt. However, despite not yet fitting the stereotypical image I had already been listening to punk avidly since the latter half of 1976, and was studiously building up a small but vital record collection, which did indeed include 'Damned Damned Damned'... By the time I entered the cavernous, echoing hangar that was the venue the support band, The Adverts, had already ploughed into their opening song, and so really they were THE first ever Brit-Punk band I experienced live (and they were really, really good...). Speaking of first times, this gig on May 27th, '77, was the very first EVER Punk/New Wave concert to be held in a large venue in Cambridge, and it was a doozy! The audience was relatively small, and a mix of punks, greasers and assorted weirdos, amongst whose ranks I guess I fitted in just fine. I remember seeing two young girls in fancy-dress, one as a soldier in uniform, complete with plastic machine-gun, whilst her friend was a fairy, resplendent with gauze wings (which didn't last long once The Damned hit the stage and the pogoing and moshing began!)... A few years later I recognised them as Debsey and Hester from local ingénues The Dolly Mixture, who are still one of my fave all-grrrl bands from that era. Back to The Damned. They were of course mind-blowing for all who were lucky to see them in their prime and with THE definitive line-up. I consider myself blessed to have been there. There was no going back, by the end of the summer of '77 my hair had been first Elvis-quiffed, and then cut shorter and spiked, and with no more school to attend I could dress more suitably for the Punk scene. The bands I saw from then on over the course of a decade are a litany of Punk and New Wave greats and enthusiastic 'could've-beens'... One day I should write my memoirs, lol.
Loved this reaction vid, Kira, I could tell the music hit you exactly as it impacted on that callow Cambridgeshire schoolkid way, way back in 1977. Incidentally, you should check out The Adverts' first LP 'Crossing The Red Sea', it too is highly regarded as a Punk classic. Seeing them support The Damned... wow!!! That truly was a double-bill to die for! As the late John Lennon once exclaimed, "You should've been there!"
Lucky you.
You should check out FEARs album The Record. Great album.
HI Kira, I really enjoy your reactions. I would like to recommend an album by an Australian band called THE SAINTS, called '(I'm) stranded', I believe they had more success over here in the UK than they did back home. they even made a brief appearance in a TV show called 'the return of the saint' (it's probably on YT somewhere). I certainly played STRANDED to death back in '77
Love her reaction to new rose, I had the same reaction when I first heard it 46 years ago as a 15 year old kid, still one of my favourite records of all time. Gives me goose bumps. This was their first album and it blew me away. The Damned are still touring and I saw them 5 years ago.
Hey just discovered your channel and I love the reactions and the sick hair! Idk if you react to prog rock but it would be awesome if you gave "heart of the sunrise" or "roundabout" by yes a listine! Ooo also the way you get into is the best. Have a rocking weekend 🤘❤
Great stuff! X’s debut “Los Angeles” is a great early LA punk record I think you’ll love. That said my fave punk or post punk album ever is the 1977 debut Wire album “Pink Flag”.
In case you didn't know. I Feel Alright is a Stooges song, but on the Stooges 2nd Album, Funhouse, it is called 1970. You really need to listen to Funhouse.
You should definitely listen to The Stooges next. Then Ramones, then Sex Pistols, then The Clash, then The Damned's 1979 album Machine Gun Etiquette. They get a little bit new wave - I think you'll like it :)
You should definitely react to the clash self titled album it’s a good tune
that album is just great from start to finish. They made other great albums too like i definitely recommend ‘machine gun etiquette’ and ‘the black album’ because them two albums have a post-punk sound but also have the same energy of ‘damned damned damned’.
My suggestion would be that the next Damned full album you should hear is Machine Gun Etiquette; their third album. The next punk band you should listen to is the Buzzcocks. I'd do their debut album as well. It's called Another Music In A Different Kitchen. Singles Going Steady is a great compilation of their singles and is also a great listen. After that then we can start talking about bands like the Stranglers or the Clash.
Another incredible punk album I know you’d love is The Crack by The Ruts. Personally believe it’s one of the most underrated albums of all time 🤘🏻
I love the Ruts so much.
@@TheChadTI they were incredible. Like the Sex Pistols, they only lasted a couple years but what they produced in that short period of time was so impactful! If you haven’t already done so I highly recommend looking up Henry Rollins talking about his love for them, it’s spread over 4 parts and goes for like 40 minutes.
I was a rocker back then but even I thought New Rose was a great song, glad your having fun 😊
Mission of Burma, Wipers, then Husker Du
Your next punk album reaction has either gotta be Never Mind The Bullocks, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables or I’m Stranded! 3 of the most influential albums/bands of that era 👌🏻
Your reactions are so fun to watch! It's great to see how timeless this album is, and that peoplevare still having these reactions off off an almost 50 year old album!
Love her reaction to new rose. 😊
The Beatles Please Please Me just hit 60 years old.
It was the simple sound that the first punks were trying to get back to.
Recorded in one day, that's punk right there.
Weren't afraid to experiment. The Damned,Clash,Stranglers,..etc. just want to be a modern day version.😂
Do Please Please Me next.
To continue on a punk journey from the Damned I wish I could hear these for the first time again:
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
New York Dolls - self titled
Ramones - Rocket to Russia
Crass - Penis Envy
Conflict - Ungovernable Force
Discharge - early singles
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for rotting vegetables
Minor Threat- Discography
Misfits - anything from Danzig era
Subhumans - World's Apart
The next best thing is watching anybody react to an album for the first time.
Hola Kira solo decir que hoy en día Amyl and the sniffers (Banda Australiana) revive para mí gusto el mejor punk saludos
... their still touring to this day and they're bigger and better than ever before. Dive into their discography you can't go wrong
One of the best albums ever!
90s punk has some great bands as well, post punk may be called that but it never really died. Bad Religion, Rancid, and NoFX would be some example bands that would be a good place to drop in to see what 15-20 years did to evolve the genre.
Anyone who sees this, check out Honey Bane's "Girl on the Run," coming from the early Crass family. Very unique riff and jam. Kinda rare, not a lot of people know it.
I don't think I ever have, and I love Crass (since the late 80s no less). I'll look it up, thanks for the tip!
EDIT: I did, and that's some good stuff. You really hear the Crass, lol!
While I love this album with all my heart, and you being a lover of post punk I think the only thing left for you to do is listen to The STOOGES. There would be no Damned, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Clash, etc…. Without the STOOGES. They and the MC5 influenced every punk band. But the STOOGES were so far ahead of their time that people are still catching up to them. I recommend going in order of their discography because it puts things into perspective with when they came out. Quite possibly the most underrated band of all time even though they are in the rock and roll hall of fame. They never had fame in their career. But influencing several decades of music is better than commercial success in my book.
Btw, the last song -“I Feel Alright” is a STOOGES SONG!
I wrote something similar about 14 hours after you, but included the NY Dolls as well. You can hear all those bands in this Damned album.
Best UK punk band....
Like others have said here...the first FIVE Damned records are essential
seeing your reaction to New Rose... :)
Hi, first time I heard a song of them was in a serie of MTB videos from UK, Earthed (1,2,3 mainly), by Alex Rankin. 2000 to 2005. Perfects song for the sport, New Rose, I Feel Alright and Neat Neat Neat blew my mind.
I love them and they evened gothicc
Saw them live a few days ago and they were amazing! I would definitely recommend you listen to their album machine gun etiquette its one of my favourite albums ever
Nomeansno - Sex Mad. One of those bands that may have not been well known to the general public but were hugely influential to the bands that came after them.
Next punk album should be Crass - Christ, The Album. Mind blowing stuff. 😊
This has worked its way into my top 10 albums list over the years. 20 years ago(I’m 41 now), I was into darker, crunchier punk, but now I just wanna feel happy. This album makes me feel happy. The end
the sex pistols was mind blowing, grip single by the stranglers there first single amazing, new york dolls, jet boy, american band, single around 74 the original punk bank managed by the sex pistols manager mclaren, from some one who saw the pistols/ damned in 1976
More punk stuff, please. 😊
A great album from the punk era that always gets overlooked-but is absolutely VITAL-is Richard Hell & the Voidoids' "Blank Generation." Find it and give it a listen. You won't be sorry!