The band has just released a gritty, hard-edged cover of "Summer in the City," the sun-soaked 1966 classic originally recorded by The Lovin’ Spoonful. In The Damned’s hands, the song sheds its breezy swagger and emerges louder, darker, and more urgent, with driving guitars and a raw vocal delivery that amplifies the song’s sense of heat, pressure, and restless urban energy.
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The track list reads like a guided tour through rock history, with the band reworking songs by Pink Floyd, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Iggy & The Stooges and more. Each selection reflects the influences that shaped both Brian James and the band’s restless musical identity, spanning punk, psychedelia, garage rock, and early British pop.
The release arrives as The Damned prepare to celebrate a major milestone in 2026: 50 years since their formation in London and, by extension, 50 years since the eruption of UK punk itself. As the first British punk band to release both a single and a full-length album, their legacy is inseparable from the genre’s origins.
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'Not Like Everybody Else' Track Listing
“There’s A Ghost In My House” (originally by R. Dean Taylor)“Summer in the City” (The Lovin’ Spoonful)“Making Time” (The Creation)“Gimme Danger” (Iggy & The Stooges)“See Emily Play” (Pink Floyd)“I’m Not Like Everybody Else” (The Kinks)“Heart Full of Soul” (The Yardbirds)“You Must Be a Witch” (The Lollipop Shoppe)“When I Was Young” (The Animals)“The Last Time” (The Rolling Stones)
With their ferocious take on “Summer in the City,” The Damned prove that even at half a century in, they’re still capable of making old songs feel dangerous again—and reminding listeners why punk was never meant to age quietly.
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