New Rose by The Damned arrived 50 years ago today. Its appearance marked the first ever single released by a British punk band. Dave Vanian is quoted as saying he left his gravedigger job to join The Damned after a successful audtion: "I went early to check out the guy before me, but he never turned up. Turned out it was Sid Vicious."
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