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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep248: Paul Gray - The Damned, PATM & more

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Paul Gray has built a career as a UK bass legend, playing w Eddie & The Hot Rods, The Damned, Johnny Thunders & more. Today Paul shares stories from the early days, from the Hot Rods to the Damned, recording the Black Album and now a new Damned EP & Professor & the Madman album 'Séance'. 

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, hey everyone, it's Nate here, and I'm going to keep the upfronts very quick on this one,

0:05.0

because I've been doing some day drinking with a record store Phil, and I'm not sure how much

0:09.9

longer I could actually hold this microphone. This week, we have a second episode of the Vinyl Guide

0:17.0

podcast, this one featuring Paul Gray, who you may know from The Damned, the Eddie and the Hot Rods.

0:24.5

He played with UFO, Johnny Thunders and more. He's a key figure in the UK punk scene, served

0:30.2

with many bands. And Paul is going to be talking today about all those times, the record label

0:35.8

frenzy, moving from the hot rods to the damned,

0:38.7

recording the Black album, eventually up to present day, and not only has a new damned EP,

0:44.9

but also the album Seance from Professor and the Madman.

0:49.0

The punk rock supergroup featuring Paul, Sean Elliott, Rat Skabies, and Alfie Agnew.

0:54.9

Now, the album Seance is out this week.

0:57.1

You can head over to Professor and the Madman.com.

1:00.4

They have limited vinyl pressings.

1:02.4

There's some colored vinyl.

1:03.7

There's even a deluxe package that comes with a special Professor and the Madman board game.

1:09.5

It's all there at Professor and the Madman.com.

1:15.0

By the way, this is the second episode of the vinyl guide this week.

1:19.1

Actually, the third, if you are a member of our patreon.com slash vinyl guide community,

1:24.7

he even got an extra episode in there as well.

1:27.8

So to access the conversation we had with Rat Skabies around Professor and the Madman

1:33.5

and the Damned Reunion, head over to patreon.com slash vinyl guide.

1:39.5

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