the Damned

…by British groups such as the Damned and the Sex Pistols later fueled prominent regional punk scenes in Seattle, Washington; San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys); and Los Angeles (X and Black Flag). In the late 1970s, however, punk in the United States was eclipsed by disco and went underground in…

…the first punk record, by the Damned, but never signed another punk act. It presented itself as a brave new musical world yet had its first success with Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, and Jona Lewie, former pub rockers who reinvented themselves. Moreover, Stiff started Britain’s do-it-yourself independent label boom but…