In 1980 / 1981, THE DAMNED went to Rockfield for a series of sessions that eventually became The Black Album, The Friday 13^th EP & Strawberries. Their time their produced some of the Damned’ greatest musical moments and memorable stories of horses, cows, vampires, rifles and Lemmy.

In 2019 The Damned returned to Rockfield studios to record the first new music since 2018’s Top Ten Evil Spirits album. The line-up included three out of the four Damned members that were at the original sessions – David Vanian, Captain Sensible & Paul Gray. There was also Monty Oxymoron on keyboards and Pinch on drums. Unbeknown to the band, this was to be the last recordings with the long-time drummer Pinch, who departed The Damned after their legendary show at The London Palladium, last Halloween.

For the first time, Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Rammstein, Ghost) took over the Producer duties for the EP. Tom also mixed the tracks at his studio in Bath. The tracklisting is:

Keep ‘Em Alive
Manipulator
The Spider & The Fly
Black Is The Night

The Rockfield EP will be released on October 16^th 2020 via Search and Destroy Records/ UMG, order your copy HERE.

Meanwhile, ‘Keep ‘Em Alive’, the first single from The Rockfield EP, is available now with an accompanying music video shot from the perspective of a bee going about its business – watch/ listen HERE.

Bees are essential for pollinating crops and in turn human survival; 17 species are reportedly endangered in the UK – keep ‘em alive!