Overview
Dave Vanian
Known For
The Damned - A Night Of A Thousand Vampires Live In London
In October 2019, The Dammed took the stage at London’s...
Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale
The programme includes The Damned’s set-smashing performance on The Old...
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the...
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette - 25th Tour
Live performance from the reformed punk pioneers, recorded at the...
Sonic Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5
Detroit's iconic rock group The MC5 is celebrated in this...
Biography
Dave Vanian (born David Lett, 12 October 1956, Hemel Hempstead, England) is a rock musician, famous for being the lead singer of the punk rock band The Damned. The band formed in 1976 in London and Vanian is the only ever-present member of the group. They were the first of the British punk bands to release a single, an album, have a record hit the UK charts, and tour the United States.