Ep247: Rat Scabies - The Damned, Professor and the Madman
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2020
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Rat Scabies & The Damned made the 1st punk record in the UK and some of the most enduring music of that era. Today Rat shares tales of the early days, the formation of The Damned, playing with Chrissie Hynde, Sid Vicious, the rare records of his career, dealing with Damned collectables, searching for The Holy Grail and the master tapes and his new project 'Professor & The Madman'.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey everyone, it's Nate. This week, there's lots of huge news around the world. And for us |
| 0:05.6 | record nerds, I'm hoping that this episode will be a ray of sunshine for YouTube. This week, |
| 0:11.3 | we are talking with Rat Skabies, punk rock legend, drummer of the damned, and Professor |
| 0:17.0 | and the Madman. And today, we talked to Rat about a myriad of things, including the |
| 0:22.2 | early vinyl of the damned, the rare pressings, working with Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, |
| 0:28.9 | signing with Stiff, the new Rose single, the collectibles, the black album, the creation of |
| 0:34.6 | Curtain Call, where are all those damned multi-tracks and more? |
| 0:38.8 | It's a really fun and informative conversation with one of the true punk rock icons. |
| 0:46.3 | Now today we also talked to Rat about his recent project, The Professor and the Madman, |
| 0:52.2 | a punk rock supergroup whose new album Seance is out this week, |
| 0:57.2 | and you can find it at Professor and the Madman.com. There you can order special colored |
| 1:03.4 | vinyl, CDs, limited edition packaging, and a deluxe version that even comes with a board game. |
| 1:10.4 | It's pretty cool and unique. |
| 1:12.2 | You could see more and reserve one for yourself at Professor and the Madman.com. |
| 1:17.6 | And in the spirit of full disclosure, shortly after conducting this interview, |
| 1:22.0 | there was an announcement of the damned reformation with some one-time live shows currently scheduled for July |
| 1:29.9 | 2021 in the UK. Now, this is the first time in over 20 years the original lineup of the damned |
| 1:36.4 | is together, and if you're in the UK, you won't want to miss these shows. Now, Rat and I spoke |
| 1:42.3 | about those as well. However, that's going to be part of a secret |
| 1:46.6 | episode available only to our Patreon community at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. Listeners and patrons |
| 1:53.8 | of the show know that I put a bunch of extra stuff up there on our Patreon site, patreon.com |
| 1:58.9 | slash vinyl guide. Go up there now, sign up to help support this podcast, and you'll get that bonus episode |
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