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

LEGENDARY punk rock guitarist Brian James who founded The Damned has sadly died aged 70. The iconic musician, who played with ...

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

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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 member of English punk-rock band The Damned ... That year, they released what is considered the first-ever British punk single: “New Rose.” The guitarist would work ...