The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette 12" LP 1979 Ace Records Black Vinyl Record
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The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette 12" LP 1979 Ace Records Black Vinyl Record

Machine Gun Etiquette is the third studio album by the English punk rock band the Damned, released on 9 November 1979 by Chiswick Records. The album peaked at No. 31 on the UK Charts.[6]

The album was the group's first since reforming with a new lineup of previous members Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on lead guitar, Rat Scabies on drums, plus newcomer Algy Ward of Australian punk band The Saints on bass guitar on his only album with the band.

Background

On Machine Gun Etiquette, the band brought more variety to their usual punk rock to add wide-ranging influences from hard rock and heavy metal to psychedelic rock, a tinge of progressive rock and even classic 1960s rhythm and blues and the record has been described by journalists and fans alike as The Beach Boys meets Motörhead with T. Rex and Judas Priest influences thrown in for good measure.[7][8] The album also features more fast-paced punk tracks, and has been cited as a 'proto-hardcore' record crucial for the later rise of hardcore punk into the 1980s.[3]

The voice at the album's start is actor Jack Howarth, taken from his 1971 album 'Ow Do, a recording of Lancastrian monologues.

The album features multiple guest musicians. Lemmy plays bass on the band's take on The Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz", which was not on the album at time of release but released as a single; the song was also added to the reissued version of the album. Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon also appear on the album. Philip Lloyd-Smee contributed to the sleeve and logo design work on Machine Gun Etiquette.


Track listing

All tracks are written by Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Algy Ward, except as noted.

No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Love Song"   2:21 2. "Machine Gun Etiquette"   1:48 3. "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"
  • Scabies
  • Sensible
  • Vanian
  • Ward
  • Giovanni Dadomo
3:42 4. "Melody Lee"   2:07 5. "Anti-Pope"
  • Scabies
  • Sensible
  • Vanian
  • Ward
  • Phillip Burns
3:21 6. "These Hands"   2:03 7. "Plan 9 Channel 7"   5:08 8. "Noise, Noise, Noise"
  • Scabies
  • Sensible
  • Vanian
  • Ward
  • Jennet Ward
3:10 9. "Looking at You" (MC5 cover)
  • Michael Davis
  • Wayne Kramer
  • Fred "Sonic" Smith
  • Dennis Thompson
  • Rob Tyner
5:08 10. "Liar"   2:44 11. "Smash It Up (Part 1)"   1:59 12. "Smash It Up (Part 2)"   2:53 Total length: 35:28 1986 CD reissue bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Length 13. "Ballroom Blitz" (B-side of "I Just Can't Be Happy Today") (Sweet cover)
  • Mike Chapman
  • Nicky Chinn
3:30 14. "Suicide" (B-side of "Love Song")   3:14 15. "Rabid (Over You)" (B-side of "White Rabbit")
  • Scabies
  • Sensible
  • Vanian
  • Andy Le Vien
3:41 16. "White Rabbit" (extended version) (non-album single, 1980) Grace Slick 5:13


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