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"Generals"

Single by the Damned

from the album Strawberries

B-side

"Disguise"
"Citadel Zombies"

Released

November 1982

Recorded

1982

Genre

Punk rock

Length

3:24

Label

Bronze
BRO 159

Songwriter(s)

Scabies
Sensible
Vanian
Gray

Producer(s)

The Damned

The Damned singles chronology

"Dozen Girls"
(1982)

"Generals"
(1982)

"Thanks for the Night"
(1984)

"Generals" is a single by English punk rock band the Damned, released in November 1982.

Like its parent album, it featured increased experimentation, with a piano-led sound and the addition of brass to the band's typical punk rock blend. The song followed the thoughtful material on the album, commenting on the true losers in war.

The song was the band's last release on Bronze Records, who would drop the band when they hit financial difficulties. For their part, the Damned were never happy with the marketing they received, believing the label had no idea how to promote them. It would also be their last release with bassist Paul Gray, who would leave the band on the eve of their 1983 tour.

Track listing

"Generals" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray) - 3:24
"Disguise" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray, Jugg) - 3:27
"Citadel Zombies" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray, Jugg)

Production credits

Producers:
- The Damned
Musicians:
Dave Vanian − vocals
Captain Sensible − guitar
Rat Scabies − drums
Paul Gray − bass
Guest Musicians
- Simon Lloyd − brass on "Generals"
- Roman Jugg − keyboard

References

Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 185. ISBN 0-86241-827-5.

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Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Monty Oxymoron Rat Scabies Paul Gray Brian James Lu Edmonds Algy Ward Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Moose Harris Patricia Morrison Stu West Henry Badowski Jon Moss Lemmy Gary Holton Garrie Dreadful Spike Smith Pinch William Granville-Taylor
Studio albums	Damned Damned Damned Music for Pleasure Machine Gun Etiquette The Black Album Strawberries Phantasmagoria Anything Not of This Earth Grave Disorder So, Who's Paranoid? Evil Spirits Darkadelic
Live albums	Live Shepperton 1980 Live at Newcastle The Captain's Birthday Party Not the Captain's Birthday Party? Final Damnation Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum Molten Lager Live at the 100 Club
Compilation albums	Light at the End of the Tunnel The Radio One Sessions Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987 Black Is the Night: The Definitive Anthology
EPs	Friday 13th Testify The Rockfield Files
Singles	"New Rose" "Neat Neat Neat" "Stretcher Case Baby" "Problem Child" "Don't Cry Wolf" "Love Song" "Smash It Up" "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" "White Rabbit" "The History of the World (Part 1)" "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" "Wait for the Blackout" "Lovely Money" "Dozen Girls" "Lively Arts" "Generals" "Thanks for the Night" "Grimly Fiendish" "The Shadow of Love" "Is It a Dream?" "Eloise" "Anything" "Gigolo" "Alone Again Or" "In Dulce Decorum" "Fun Factory" "Prokofiev" "Shut It" "Little Miss Disaster" "Standing On the Edge of Tomorrow" "Devil in Disguise" "Look Left" "Procrastination"
Associated acts	Masters of the Backside London SS The Lords of the New Church Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords Naz Nomad and the Nightmares
Related articles	Band members Discography "Nasty" The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead Stiff Records

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