The Beachland Ballroom has hosted scores of rising, established and venerated musicians. Here's a look back at several of ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the Damned and writer of the first punk single, "New Rose," has died at the age of 70.

James electrified the nascent UK punk-rock scene and fired its first salvo with the Damned's era-defining single, New Rose ...

During his brief time with the Damned, James authored songs like New Rose, considered one of the foundational anthems of punk ...

The late guitarist is credited with writing what's considered the first British punk rock single and later collaborated with icons like Iggy Pop and Stewart Copeland.

“There’s no denying David Johansen’s bratty vocalizing… But unlike the MC5 — fellow revolutionaries who more directly presaged the hard-core aspects of the coming punk rebellion — the ...

Alongside bands like the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and MC5, New York Dolls would revolutionize rock and punk music, and the culture at large. Reflecting on his time with the band ...

They held together just long enough to record two albums (before they reunited in the 2000s) and imprint themselves in the ...

Brian James, founding guitarist and songwriter of seminal British punk group The Damned who later played with Stiv Bators in ...