The Damned: Influences
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On primordial singles like “New Rose”, The Damned mainlined the raw-powered guitar roar of anarchic rock ancestors like The Stooges and MC5, while keeping light-speed pace with rough-cat peers like the Ramones. But before long, they were filtering punk attitude through prog principles, channelling the whimsy of early Pink Floyd and the wiggy abandon of Hawkwind into nutty New Wave nuggets.