HW:Nikwind gig

[Jon Jarrett]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Doug Pearson wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 01:44:11 +0000, Jon Jarrett
> <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK> wrote:
> >On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Doug Pearson wrote:
> >> >or maybe it's the drummer from Lords Of The New Church
> >>
> >> ... and the Barracudas (ontopicness: Lords Of The New Church guitarist =
> >> Brian James -> ex-Damned -> Doomed -> bassist=Lemmy ... OR Brian James ->
> >                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >        Am I reading this right? Who is this Doomed and what's Lemmy to
> >them that they are midful of him?
>
> The "Doomed" were a one-off version of the Damned circa '78 who played one
> or two shows.  I *believe* the lineup was Vanian / Sensible / Lemmy /
> Scabies, although this was around the time Rat Scabies was out of the band,
> temporarily replaced by (future Culture Club drummer) Jon Moss.  This
> would've also been one of (if not THE) the first gigs after Brian James
> quit and the Captain moved to guitar.
>
> There's also the Damned's version of "Ballroom Blitz" with Lemmy c.'79.  Is
> that one on the "Hawkwind spin-offs" list?

        It is now - many thanks to all informers! Still churning... Yours,

Jon

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