Roman Jugg

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Roman Jugg (born July 15, 1957 in Caerphilly, South Wales) is a keyboard player and guitarist. He began his career in Welsh punk band Victimize in the late 70s.

An acquaintance of Paul Gray he was originally hired late 1981 recording various projects for The Damned, Naz Nomad And The Nightmares, & David Vanian And The Phantom Chords. Roman's alias during his Naz gigs was Sphinx Svenson.

After Captain Sensible left The Damned in 1984 Roman moved from keyboards to main guitar and became a full member on the studio albums Phantasmagoria and Anything.

After the 1989 breakup of The Damned he continued to work with Dave Vanian and Bryn Merrick forming The Phantom Chords. A studio album called David Vanian And The Phantom Chords was released in 1995.

After an absence of 9 years Roman has returned in May 2004 and released a new solo album called Papa Loco.

Recently Roman has been playing accordion in an irish/folk rock band called "Dirty Water". Most recently playing in Essex at the Grand Hotel in Leigh on 22nd December 2006.

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