Damaged Goods is a British

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History

Damaged Goods records formed in 1988 from a living room in east London. The first release was a re-issue of the 1977 single by

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, "Where Have All the Bootboys Gone?". Following positive reviews in the UK music press it was followed by a reissue of the same band's debut album ''Do It Dog Style''. Releases by

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, The Killjoys, Pork Dukes, and Snivelling Shits followed. Damaged Goods was originally intended to be a punk re-issue label but by 1990 was releasing contemporary bands, including a single by The Sect, and an EP by

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. In early 1991, they released their first single by

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(with Thee Headcoats), followed by many more, including the debut Thee Headcoatees single. They now manage the Billy Childish back catalogue. Between 1992 and 1994, Damaged Goods released the debut single from Helen Love along with one-off singles with

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, Wat Tyler and

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. By 1995, DG was a full-time occupation concentrating on the UK

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scene based around

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and Slim Chance's Wild Western Rooms in Archway, as well as indie and punk releases. In 1995, they released the debut Holly Golightly album ''The Good Things''. They have since released fifteen albums by Holly. Over the next decade Damaged Goods released records by

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, Mikabomb, The Priscillas, The Buff Medways, and

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2008 saw the release of new albums from

and his new band The Musicians of the British Empire and a second album from Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs. Re-issues included Psykik Volts, Thee Headcoatees, Johnny Moped, Thee Milkshakes and Rudi and further releases included Betty and the Werewolves, the debut album from The Wolfmen and new albums from Ludella Black and Graham Day & the Gaolers. In 2010 Damaged Goods was named 'DIY Label of the Week' by BBC Radio 1 journalist Huw Stephens. During the 2010s Damaged Goods released new albums by Johnny Moped, Cyanide Pills, Cowbell, Giuda,

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, The Senior Service, The Cute Lepers, Pete Molinari, Piney Gir & many more. 2018 was Damaged Goods 30th anniversary and is celebrating with a retrospective compilation and a 7" singles club as well as five gigs in London. Latest signings include Amyl And The Sniffers, Galileo 7, Thee Dagger Debs & The Shadracks

Artists

* Action Painting *

* Agebaby * Age of Jets * Amyl And The Sniffers * Anorak Girl * Armitage Shanks *

* Baby Birkin * Bambi * Betty and the Werewolves * Bette Davis and the Balconettes * Big Boy Tomato *

Blaggers ITA Blaggers ITA (formerly The Blaggers) were a British punk rock band founded in 1988. Main vocalist Matty 'Blagg' Roberts had previously fronted Oi! band Complete Control, who released an LP on ''Oi! Records'' in 1985 Blaggers ITA were noted for ...

* Blubber * The Bolsheviks * The Bristols * The Budget Girls * Butcher Boy (band), Butcher Boy *

* Case * Cee Bee Beaumont * The Chefs * Clayson and the Argonauts * Cowbell * Cuban Boys * Cyanide Pills * Deep Wound * The Del Monas * The Dils * The Dirty Burds * Dustball * Dutronc * Dweeb * Terry Edwards *

* Fire Dept. * Formica * The Gaggers * The Galileo 7 * Genius Freak * Giuda * Goldblade, Goldblade Featuring Poly Styrene * Graham Day and the Gaolers * Guaranteed Ugly * Guy Hamper Trio * Hard Skin * Helen Love * Holly Golightly * Honeyrider * Hopper (band), Hopper * Huegunius * Identity *

* Jimi Ben Band * Johnny Moped * The Killjoys * Kyra Rubella * Lockjaw (band), Lockjaw * Lovesick * Ludicrous Lollipops * The Lurkers *

* Ludella Black * The Melons * Thee Mighty Caesars * Mikabomb * The Milkshakes * Monkhouse * Nat Johnson and the Figureheads *

* Oizone * One Car Pile-Up * Pansy Division * Pebbles *The PeeChees, PeeChees * Penetration (band), Penetration * Period Pains * Pete Molinari * Phantom Pregnancies * Piney Gir * Piney Gir Country Roadshow * Pop Rivets * Pork Dukes * Pop Am Good * Psykik Volts * The pUKEs * Reverse *

* Roadholders * Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound * Rugrat * The Sect * The Senior Service * Serious Drinking European Cup Squad * Severed Limb * Sexton Ming * Shelley's Children * The Shadracks * The Shall I Say Quois * Shout * Singing Loins * Slaughter And The Dogs * Slime * Snap Her * The SolarFlares * Some Chicken * Thee Spivs * Spizzenergi * Thee Stash * Stratford Sparrows * Stuckists * Supercute * Tallulah Gosh * Television Personalities * Thee Dagger Debs * Thee Headcoats * Thee Headcoatees * Thrilled Skinny * Toast * The Unwanted * The Users (band), The Users * Wat Tyler (band), Wat Tyler * Billy Childish, Wild Billy Childish and the Blackhands * Billy Childish, Wild Billy Childish and the Buff Medways * Billy Childish, Wild Billy Childish and the Chatham Singers * Wild Billy Childish and CTMF * Billy Childish, Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire * Billy Childish, Wild Billy Childish and the Spartan Dreggs * Witch * The Wolfmen

References

External links

Official website

BBC Interview 2010
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