Machine Gun Etiquette
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| Studio album by The Damned | ||
| Released | November 1979 | |
| Recorded | 1979 | |
| Genre | Punk | |
| Length | 35:28 | |
| Label | Chiswick Records | |
| Producer(s) | The Damned, Roger Armstrong |
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| The Damned chronology | ||
| Music for Pleasure (1977) |
Machine Gun Etiquette (1979) |
The Black Album (1980) |
Machine Gun Etiquette is the third album by the British punk band the Damned. They released it in November 1979. The album was the group's first since reforming with Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on lead guitar, Rat Scabies on drums and Algy Ward on bass. Machine Gun Etiquette saw the band become more experimental; without Brian James, the song-writing was more democratic, resulting in a blend of punk, progressive rock and gothic styles.
In 1995, a later punk group the Offspring covered and merged both versions of "Smash It Up" and released it as a single from the soundtrack of Batman Forever.
[edit] Track listing
- "Love Song" – 2:21
- "Machine Gun Etiquette" – 1:48
- "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" – 3:42
- "Melody Lee" – 2:07
- "Anti-Pope" – 3:21
- "These Hands" – 2:03
- "Plan 9 Channel 7" – 5:08
- "Noise, Noise, Noise" – 3:10
- "Looking At You" – 5:08 - Originally by the MC5
- "Liar" – 2:44
- "Smash It Up (Part I)" – 1:59
- "Smash It Up (Part II)" – 2:53
- Later re-issued by Ace records with the following singles as bonus material on the CD version:
- "Ballroom Blitz" – 3:30
- "Suicide" – 3:14
- "Rabid (Over You)" – 3:41
- "White Rabbit" – 5:13
This version also had a different cover.
[edit] Trivia
The original vinyl's lead-out groove contained a sound clip ("Nibbled to death by an okapi") that was intended to loop indefinitely until the listener removed the needle from the vinyl (like the lead-out groove on Sergeant Pepper). The sound clip was actually a line from the BBC Radio series Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, spoken by Peter Jones about the fate of Arthur Dent's brother.
| The Damned |
| Dave Vanian | Captain Sensible | Patricia Morrison | Monty Oxy Moron | Pinch |
| Former members: Brian James | Rat Scabies | Lu Edmunds | Algy Ward | Paul Gray | Roman Jugg | Bryn Merrick | Kris Dollimore | Allan Lee Shaw | Moose |
| The Damned discography |
| Studio albums: Damned Damned Damned | Music for Pleasure | Machine Gun Etiquette | The Black Album | Strawberries | Phantasmagoria | Anything | Not of This Earth | Grave Disorder |
| Live albums: Live Shepperton 80 | Live at Newcastle | Not The Captain's Birthday Party? | Mindless Directionless Energy | Final Damnation | The Damned Live | Ballroom Blitz - Live at the Lyceum | The School Bullies | Fiendish Shadows | Eternal Damnation Live | Molten Lager |
| Related articles |
| Masters of the Backside | London SS | The Lords of the New Church | David Vanian and the Phantom Chords | Punk Floyd |
