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...
Punk Britannia at the BBC
An archive celebration of studio performances from the British bands...
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...
The Damned: Tiki Nightmare (Live in London 2002)
Recorded live at Shepherds Bush Empire, on July 12th 2002.
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.