The damned the legendary guitarist Brian James died at the age of 70. A cause of death was not confirmed at this time.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of one of the real pioneers of music, the guitarist, the songwriter and the real gentleman, Brian James”, a declaration via his Facebook Account announced on Thursday, March 6.
The statement revealed that he had “passed peacefully” with his wife Minna, his son Charlie and his daughter-in-law Alicia by his side on Thursday.
“Constantly creative and a musical tour de force, during a career that lasted more than six decades … Brian worked with a plethora of punk and rock ‘n’ roll the best, from Iggy Pop has Wayne Kramer,, Stewart Copeland has Cheetah Chrome“Reads the declaration.
A spokesperson for the James East Label Action said News Friday March 7: “I can confirm that Brian died peacefully yesterday with his present family.”
James was a founding member and principal singer-songwriter of the pioneering group of the British punk The Damned, whose 1976 single “New Rose” inaugurated the booming British scene. The Damned had its greatest success in 1986 when its coverage Paul RyanThe song “Eloise” struck n ° 3 on the British singles painting.
Damned, as well as Sex pistols And the shock was among the first wave of British groups to punk a commercially viable musical genre in the late 1970s. James played with the group for its first two studio albums before leaving in 1977 after the release of Music for pleasure.
Later, James played in the Iggy Pop tour group and joined Dead Boys Vocalist Stiv BatorsBassist Sham 69 Dave market and ex-barracudas drummer Nick Turner To form the supergroup the Lords of the New Church for three studio albums in the 1980s as well as the reunion record Hang In 2003. Throughout his 51 -year career, James also worked with Tanz der Youth, The Dripping Lips and The Racketers.
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He found the programming of the 1970s of The Damned in 2022 for several concerts. Damned Bassist, and later the guitarist, Sensitive captain paid tribute to the life and inheritance of James via a declaration published on his Instagram account.
“The riffmeister, Brian left-this final act that happens to us all, because most is a sad and miserable affair, but even if it is really horrible that our companion was taken, I prefer to celebrate life .. and what a life that Brian James had,” he wrote.
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The musician continued: “Looking back, I must say what an absolute gently Brian was. Despite the fact of sometimes enduring a rather appalling behavior by yours, he never lost it with me – and each time we met during the next decades, we had a bloody glass and a good bloody laughter.”
“Did I mention that Brian loved a drink?” Blimey, the guy even moved to the French Bordeaux region to be closer to the wine he loved so much, “joked a sensitive Captain. “When BJ, Rat, DV and I met for the Damned Originals show that he was magical in any way of ways. That we were again friends, but also the way in which we managed to recreate our garage punk sound ’76 from the first repetition string. We were all ready to start again … but that will never happen now, unfortunately. »»
Sensitive Captain added that the current damné incarnation – with the sensitive guitarist, singer David Vaniankeyist Monty Oxymoronbassist Paul Gray and drummer Rat scab – dedicating Friday’s performance to Cine Joia to São Paulo, Brazil, James because “without [him] The damned would never have arrived. »»
