That The Damned have produced a fine array of songs with melodic, harmonic and rhythmic sophistication; with a depth of imagination and atmosphere. They spearheaded British Punk, and yet diverse musical influences went into the crucible: UK and US psychedelia, Canterbury prog rock and even classical and filmic musical influences abound. Now, with the return of drummer Rat Scabies the line-up is the same as that which produced many of these songs, along with Monty Oxymoron on keys. On September 5th, Damaged Goods Records have an exciting release for Damned fans with The Piano Plays ‘Til Midnight: Monty Oxymoron Plays The Songs of The Damned that sees Monty playing his own interpretations of some of The Damned‘s finest work, with his own unique style and flair. 

Monty Oxymoron has played keyboards with The Damned since 1996, has written songs for the band, and played with Captain Sensible and Dr Space Toad before that. He is a retired psychiatric nurse and trained in art psychotherapy. Monty is keen on “free improvisation” and plays in and around Brighton where he lives, he also has an almost impossibly eclectic collation of his music on Bandcamp, his YouTube channel, and shares ideas on various subjects on his Substack page, under his “real” name: Laurence Burrow.

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