Stench Radio Podcast
Stench Radio Podcast
Interview with Rat Scabies of The Damned
Interview with Rat Scabies of the Damned. This episode originally aired on March 23rd 2014. one hour and 22 minutes
From Wikipedia:
Rat Scabies, is a musician best known as the drummer for English punk rock band the Damned.
Millar was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He played drums with Tor and London SS before founding the Damned with Brian James, Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible in 1976. He continued to play with the band with some interruptions and alongside various personnel changes until a dispute over the release of the album Not of This Earth led to his departure in 1995.[1]
His solo work outside the Damned includes a cover version of Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire", credited to "Rat & The Whale".[2] In 2003 Millar formed a short-lived outfit called the Germans with Peter Coyne and Kris Dollimore, originally from the Godfathers. In recent times, he has played with Donovan, Nosferatu, ska artist Neville Staple (formerly of the Specials) and his band, Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal), Chris Goss, the Members, the Mutants, the Spammed, Urban Voodoo Machine and Jane Horrocks.
Albums[edit]
- "Lord of The Flies" (Nosferatu with Rat Scabies) (1998, Cleopatra Records (U.S.A & Canada, Hades Records (U.K. & Europe)
- Spiteful (Sonny Vincent & Spite Featuring Rat Scabies, Glen Matlock, Steve Mackay) (2014, Still Unbeatable Records)
- P.H.D. (Prison, Hospital, Debt) (2018, Cleopatra)
Singles[edit]
- "Wheels On Fire" (as The Rat and The Whale) (1980, 7", Single)
- "Millionaire" (Magic Michael with Rat Scabies & Captain Sensible) (1980, 7", Single)
- "Let There Be Rats" (1984, 7", Single)
- "Mary Ann" (Sonny Vincent & Spite Feat. Rat Scabies, Glen Matlock & Steve Mackay) (2015)
- "Chew On You" (2018, Cleopatra)
Interviewer: Stig Stench
Produced by Philco Raves and Marko Olsen
Production Facility: Digital Voodoo
Edited and mixed by Marko Olsen
Bumper Music: Marko Olsen