The Rat !!!! He now is in the book writing business, and I hear doing very well. Rat Scabies was great, but Pinch is now Thee Man on drums for The Damned. He earned it, and is much better than Rat is nowadays (no offense RS).
..Pinch is a 'steady away' drummer, decent but nowt special! ..Rat on the other hand (to coin a phrase) had the X Factor! he was the Keith Moon of Punk Rock! Drummers like him are as rare as rockin horse shit and he needs to be recognised and remembered accordingly!! ..He's a Legend in the true sense of the word!
Excellent bit of footage, thanks....Seeing this man on TOTP playing 'Love Song' with The Damned back in 1979changed my life forever......I've been a drummer ever since.
Rat's a fucking top sticksman....the Gene Krupa of punk rock!
thanks for the vid - have never seen rat from his hairy behind, interesting though, he looks very relaxed and composed despite the sweat on his shirt. I feel the present damned have made a mistake in not forgiving him? - the best drummner possible for this band and ok, pinch is good, all fairness here but rat was from the beginning (when I was 4 years old when he met ray burns at fairfield halls). Roll on Chris.
All sterotypes about Punk being populated by poor musicianship(which taint necessarily so) I personally find that RS is a pretty good rock style drummer, very straight forward and he does have some chops. I was never even into Punk but I like his drumming myself.
Rat was and still is an excellent drummer, he sometimes was very slack and got tighter as he got wiser! Cheers Moose for this only drummers need watch!!
he truly is a class drummer, & his drumming just got better & better with each Damned album.... i think i'll go & dig out my 'Let There Be Rats' single now....!
I wos there as they say - afteer gig rat asked "what do you think then?" as i remember audience was well impressed, me too. tHanks for mamaries moose n good luck to yer, oh, must add had NOTE on headphones other day - wot great bass playing
man what a drummer
imkultra 1 month ago
GOTTA LOVE HIM
Nordland45 1 year ago
The Rat !!!! He now is in the book writing business, and I hear doing very well. Rat Scabies was great, but Pinch is now Thee Man on drums for The Damned. He earned it, and is much better than Rat is nowadays (no offense RS).
JDRMMR333 1 year ago
@JDRMMR333 Sorry, but that is utter crap!!
..Pinch is a 'steady away' drummer, decent but nowt special! ..Rat on the other hand (to coin a phrase) had the X Factor! he was the Keith Moon of Punk Rock! Drummers like him are as rare as rockin horse shit and he needs to be recognised and remembered accordingly!! ..He's a Legend in the true sense of the word!
billybadbrakes 1 year ago 2
@JDRMMR333 Pinch is a better drummer than Rat Scabies.......?!!!
If you believe that, you clearly know fuck all about drumming.
RedBryn 1 year ago 2
yeah rat was always one of the best drummers in the first skool of punk...pretty damn quick....awesome rolls....
spikesification 1 year ago
Excellent bit of footage, thanks....Seeing this man on TOTP playing 'Love Song' with The Damned back in 1979changed my life forever......I've been a drummer ever since.
Rat's a fucking top sticksman....the Gene Krupa of punk rock!
RedBryn 2 years ago
Watching Rat drum is so captivating. I'm glued to the screen.
CallOnMeWanda 2 years ago
thanks for the vid - have never seen rat from his hairy behind, interesting though, he looks very relaxed and composed despite the sweat on his shirt. I feel the present damned have made a mistake in not forgiving him? - the best drummner possible for this band and ok, pinch is good, all fairness here but rat was from the beginning (when I was 4 years old when he met ray burns at fairfield halls). Roll on Chris.
BANDITBRON 3 years ago 2
All sterotypes about Punk being populated by poor musicianship(which taint necessarily so) I personally find that RS is a pretty good rock style drummer, very straight forward and he does have some chops. I was never even into Punk but I like his drumming myself.
ravenshire43 3 years ago 6
The original and still by far the best.
endoftime41965 3 years ago 5
Rat was and still is an excellent drummer, he sometimes was very slack and got tighter as he got wiser! Cheers Moose for this only drummers need watch!!
Carvanian01 3 years ago
brilliant post.........
he truly is a class drummer, & his drumming just got better & better with each Damned album.... i think i'll go & dig out my 'Let There Be Rats' single now....!
Ben4810 4 years ago
I play drums and Rat's my hero so this for me was quite interesting. Thanks!
betaville72 4 years ago
I wos there as they say - afteer gig rat asked "what do you think then?" as i remember audience was well impressed, me too. tHanks for mamaries moose n good luck to yer, oh, must add had NOTE on headphones other day - wot great bass playing
sensibollox 4 years ago
UGGHHH!! Too musical!! '93 to '95 was an awful period for 'The Damned'
primate1234 4 years ago