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TITLE
The Piano Plays 'Til Midnight: Monty Oxymoron Plays The Songs Of The Damned
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LP

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DAMGOOD 628LP DAMGOOD 628LP
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RELEASE DATE
9/12/2025

"The Damned keyboardist Monty Oxymoron plays classical-hued piano versions of the band's most lived tracks! Not many people realize that The Damned have produced a fine array of songs with melodic, harmonic and rhythmic sophistication; with a depth of imagination and atmosphere. They spearheaded British punk, and yet diverse musical influences went into the crucible: UK and US psychedelia, Canterbury prog rock, and even classical and filmic musical influences abound. Now, with the return of drummer Rat Scabies the line-up is the same as that which produced many of these songs, with Monty on keys. Monty Oxymoron has played keyboards with The Damned since 1996, has written songs for the band, and played with Captain Sensible and Dr Space Toad before that. He is a retired psychiatric nurse and trained in art psychotherapy. Monty is keen on 'free improvisation' and plays in and around Brighton where he lives. Monty has an almost impossibly eclectic collation of his music on Bandcamp, his YouTube channel, and shares ideas on various subjects on his Substack page (under his 'real' name: Laurence Burrow.)"