The Damned - Live at the Black Cat in Washington DC



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Baltimore - August 20, 2003
The Damned played at "Ottobar", a small venue on the outskirts of the city, as a one-off to their "Fiend Fest" North American tour with The Misfits. I was lucky enough to find out about this hardly-promoted show and even with one day notice - to get tickets.
The show was fantastic. A long setlist included "Street of Dreams", "Curtain Call", "History of the World", and a bunch of other rarely played treats. The band was in top form and seemed very happy and energetic about playing this show. It's also kind of a rarity that The Damned play Baltimore. The last time that they played in Baltimore was back in 1998 at Bohagar's.
Captain, Pinch, and Monte were walking around inside the bar before the show talking to fans, which is something that makes this band such a treat to see. I was lucky enough to go on their bus and talk with Dave and Patricia as well, who were very kind, as always. I didn't realize that the "Ottobar" wouldn't be selling food - so being that I hadn't eaten anything in nearly 18 hours, the few "Dos Equis" beers that I had hit me hard! Hopefully I didn't act more dopey than usual (if so, my apologies!). Here's some pic's of the show:

The Tour Bus with Patricia, Dave, Jed, Steve.....
Captain Sensible
Captain Sensible Behind The Mask
Captain Sensible 2
Captain Sensible & Patricia Morrison
Captain Sensible Masked
Captain Sensible 3
Captain Sensible 4
Captain Sensible 5
Captain Sensible 6
Captain Sensible 7
Captain Sensible 8
Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Patricia Morrison
Captain Sensible & Dave Vanian
Dave Vanian
Dave Vanian 2
Dave Vanian 3
Dave Vanian 4
Dave Vanian 5
Monte Oxy-Moron
Monte Oxy-Moron 2
Patricia Morrison
Patricia Morrison & Captain Sensible
Patricia Morrison and Pinch



Sound!


I recently got to interview David Vanian, Patricia Morrison, Pinch, and Monty "Oxy" Moron for an installment of my radio show "Band-with". The interview took place at Nissan Pavillion in Bristow, VA (Washington D.C.) at a stop on the "Warped Tour", August 8, 2002. "Band-with" airs on 97.5 WRYR Monday Nights at 8PM, and on about six other stations (NY, VA, CT, and PA, so far) at random times.

Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with David Vanian.
Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with David Vanian.
Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with David Vanian.
Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with David Vanian.

Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with Patricia Morrison.
Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with Patricia Morrison.
Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with Patricia Morrison.

Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with Pinch.
Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with Pinch.
Click for a sample MP3 of an interview with Pinch.


Have an Ipod? Click to listen to the entire show! TRT= 1:12



The Damned at the Warped Tour 8/8/02




Patricia Morrison, Me, and David Vanian
Me with Pinch
Me with Captain Sensible
Pinch and Fiance'
Dave shows off Aquafina - moments after getting off stage.
Ryan Biehl and Captain Sensible
Me at the show



Philadelphia PA - October 20 2001



The Damned
The Damned 2
Steve of "The Limit Club" waits patiently
Captain Sensible
Captain Sensible 2
Captain's speak
Captain Jamming
The Captain Sings
The Captain Speaks
The Captains' Tung
Dave Vanian 1
Dave Vanian 2
Dave Vanian 3
Dave Vanian 4
Dave Vanian 5
Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible
Dave Vanian and Patricia Morrison 1
Dave Vanian and Patricia Morrison 2
Dave Vanian in the dark
Dave Jams out
Dave Vanian Jammin'
Dave, Patricia, and Monty
Dave Vanian, Patricia Morrison, and Pinch
Patricia Morrison
Patricia Morrison 2
Oh so pretty Captain...
Captain in the famous Pink Tutu
Captain in the famous Pink Tutu 2
Captain in the famous Pink Tutu 3
Captain in the Red
Dave And Patricia
Dave And Patricia 2
Dave And Patricia 3
Dave And the Pink Captain
Dave Belts One Out
Dave And The Captain
Pinch with his J.D.
By From Philly!


More Stuff From The Philly Show


"Sugar Skull" or "Carnival Of Shame"? - Whatever, they were the Opening Band
The Full Monty
The good Captain signs a copy of "Grave Disorder"
Captain signs away...
Captain with Rich, Steve, and Phil Collins?!
Dave looking a bit weary of Rich!




Live at the Black Cat in Washingrton DC - October 21 2001


The Damned Live At The Black Cat
Dave And Captain
Captain And Patricia
Captain And Patricia 2
Captain Sensible
Captain Sensible 2
Captain Sensible - The Guitar God!
Captain Sensible Jammin'
Captain in Pink - Pulling a Hendrix!
Captain Sensible in the Red...
Captain and Patricia in the red
Captain takes a seat
The Damned
Damned kick out the jams...
Damned rippin' up the place
Dave And Pinch
Dave Vanian
Dave Vanian 2
Dave, Patricia, and Pinch
Dave the Disco Man
Disco Man
Captain Happy Talks to Kill Time
"Here's a buck oh pink one!"
Captain Sensible in Pink
Patricia Morrison
Pinch pounding it out!


More Stuff From The DC Show


The Briefs - Opening Band
The Briefs 2 - Opening Band
Swinging Utters - Opening Band 2



The "North Star Bar" in Philly was a tiny place, about the size of a store. It looks like just a neighborhood pub, and it's in a residential neighborhood. The stage was so small that they couldn't fit "The Damned" banner behind them! I kept thinking of the line from the "Blues Brothers" movie..."we have both kinds of music....Country - And - Western!". That said, I thought that the Philly show was better than the DC show. The crowd was much more polite, and the band seemed to be quite happy. "The Black Cat" is a much bigger venue. A place that seemed appropriate for The Damned. Unfortunately, the sound man must have been toking a few from the pipe, because the sound was horrible. "The Briefs" sounded fine (good band too), but there was tons of low end feedback (ringing from mics) during the Swinging Utters set. Even after many complaints from the band, the ringing never stopped. When The Damned came out, the ringing was still there. After two songs, Captain figured out that part of the problem was that the Shure SM-57 Mic on one of the drums was up to high. He told them to turn it down, and it did help greatly. The feedback was still slightly underneath the bass and drums off and on for the rest of the show, but not unbearably. Captain had some troubles with his guitar / amp, and it took some time for the band to re-appear for an encore (as the roadie was playing with the guitar), and at the end of the show, the crowd was waiting some time for the band to do a second encore - but after about ten minutes in the dark, they never showed!
Both shows were quite good, but thankfully I was lucky enough to catch them at the Philly gig, thanks Steve!