I was just too young to properly engage with the UK punk scene, my only recollections of The Damned were a stint on The Young Ones. I do remember Captain Sensible bothering the charts in the 80's due to magazines like Look In. But I do like watching docs about bands from scenes which passed me by and regardless of the genre, the gripes are pretty much all the same.

This documentary does the usual origin story with a few famous talking heads. There are some tracks but not enough for it to end up a concert type movie, which has less interest for the non fans. The Damned seem to be one of these known bands, but not one that ended up with mainstream financial success. So its quite a downer of a documentary. This is about the guys who didn't quite make it, or had chances to but spurned them due to bad decisions. But who never gave up, probably due to lack of options. The problem with bands who are around for so long is their original fans will have matured out of being "into music" or will have died off. So bands like this are limited in earning potential or popularity. The lifestyle of being on the road at that age also comes across as a hard slog, not an enjoyable ride like it would be in your 20's. So its no surprise after 40 plus years, some of the band are no longer on speaking terms. At the end of the day this is nothing but a job. What does come across though is there are probably ways they could be more financially successful with the right management. The question is whether their punk mentality would get in the way, like it has since the 80's. An interesting watch, just not always a happy one.

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