As the guitarist and main songwriter for the Damned, he helped spark an explosion on the British music scene in the 1970s.

In 2020, James reunited with The Damned's lead singer Dave Vanian, drummer Christopher "Rat Scabies" Millar, and bassist Captain Sensible to announce the band's reforming, more than four decades after ...

If you were a fan of the first two Damned albums, that’s the lineup of the band he ... I’m glad that the original line-up of the band featuring Captain Sensible on bass, Dave Vanian on vocals, Rat ...

vocalist Dave Vanian, bassist Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies. Minus Hynde, James formed The Damned with the other three members in 1976. The band made its debut that year, and opened for ...

A punk audience crowsd the front of the stage watching The Damned perform with a new lineup including Dave Vanian, left, and Brian James. (Erica Echenberg / Redferns via Getty Images) The Damned ...

Nothing to do with us…” The Damned backstage, London, 1977. L-R Jon Moss (later of Culture Club), Lu Edmonds ("That lunatic"), Dave Vanian, Brian James and Captain Sensible. | Credit ...

It was madness. But it was brilliant too. In October 2022, Brian James reunited with Rat Scabies, Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible – the original members of The Damned – to play a series of shows in ...

Also featuring singer Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible on bass and Rat Scabies on drums, The Damned first hit the UK charts in March 1977 with its album Damned Damned Damned on Stiff Records.

In 2020 he and The Damned lead singer Dave Vanian, drummer Christopher "Rat Scabies" Millar and Burns announced the band would reform more than four decades after it began in 1976. James performed ...

He announced in 2020 alongside lead singer Dave Vanian, drummer Christopher “Rat Scabies” Millar, and Burns that The Damned would be reformed more than four decades after the band began in 1976.