Brian James, founding guitarist with The Damned and author of the UK's first punk single "New Rose", has died aged 70 ...

The Damned founding member Brian James has died aged 70, a representative has confirmed. Guitarist James was part of the ...

Brian James, founding guitarist of the legendary British punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. His passing was confirmed ...

Brian James, the founding member and guitarist of the influential British punk band The Damned and an architect of the British punk rock movement, died on March 6, 2025, in Seaford, East Sussex, Engla ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the Damned and writer of the first punk single, "New Rose," has died at the age of 70.

Brian James, founding guitarist and songwriter of seminal British punk group The Damned who later played in The Lords of the ...

The original members of The Damned (left to right) Rat Scabies, Dave Vanian, Brian James and Captain Sensible (Yui Mok/PA) The Damned founding member Brian James has died aged 70, a representative ...

He announced in 2020 alongside lead singer Dave Vanian, drummer Christopher “Rat Scabies” Millar, and Burns that The Damned would be reformed more than four decades after the band began in 1976.