{"product_id":"9781783238903","title":"Smashing It Up: A Decade of Chaos with The Damned","description":"From rank outsiders to pop stardom a decade later, \u003ci\u003eThe Damned\u003c\/i\u003e blazed an anarchic trail through punk rock to achieve massive chart success. A beacon for the Sex Pistols and The Clash to follow, they flung down the musical gauntlet in 1976 with Britain’s first punk single ‘New Rose’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmashing It Up: A Decade of Chaos with The Damned\u003c\/b\u003e is their definitive biography, drawing on new, in-depth research and interviews with associates and band members – including founders Brian James, Chris Millar (Rat Scabies), Raymond Burns (Captain Sensible) and David Lett (David Vanian).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConflict was rife: managers and labels came and went; bridges were burnt; opportunities squandered; and Kieron Tyler reveals how – and why – the wayward, wild and wilful Damned are the punk band that survived, and why they truly led the British Punk movement and outshone their contemporaries.","brand":"Music Sales Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135487754480,"sku":"9781783238903","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783238903_p0.jpg?v=1763722636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783238903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}