Brian James, founding member of English punk-rock band The Damned, died Thursday (March 6). The guitarist was 70. The news ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the visionary and influential U.K. punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. James' ...

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 ...

As showcased on yesterday’s Manic Monday, the late great Brian James (who recently passed away last week), could undoubtedly ...

James was the early principal songwriter for the first British punk band to put out a single, release a debut album, and tour ...

James electrified the nascent UK punk-rock scene and fired its first salvo with the Damned's era-defining single, New Rose ...

Written by the guitarist, it remains a classic of the genre with Blondie and Guns N Roses among those who've covered it.

Brian James, the original member and bass player for The Damned, has died at age 70. James was a member of The Damned from 1976 to 1978 and 1988 to 1991. He last performed with the band in 2022. Brian ...

Punk legend Brian James, a founding member of The Damned and also part of supergroup The Lords of the New Church, has died at ...

Brian James, founding member of The Damned, has died aged 70. The guitarist, who was part of the group's original line-up, ...

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, the founding guitarist for the visionary and influential U.K. punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. James’ death on March 6 was confirmed on his official Facebook page ...