The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Tracks written by Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Algy Ward
1. "Love Song" 2:21
2. "Machine Gun Etiquette" 1:48
3. "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Giovanni Dadomo 3:42
4. "Melody Lee" 2:07
5. "Anti-Pope" Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Phillip Burns 3:21
6. "These Hands" 2:03
7. "Plan 9 Channel 7" 5:08
8. "Noise, Noise, Noise" Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward, Jennet Ward 3:10
9. "Looking at You" (MC5 cover) Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner 5:08
10. "Liar" 2:44
11. "Smash It Up (Part 1)" 1:59
12. "Smash It Up (Part 2)" 2:53
CD reissue bonus tracks
13. "Ballroom Blitz" (B-side, Sweet cover) Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn 3:30
14. "Suicide" (B-side) 3:14
15. "Rabid (Over You)" (B-side) Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Andy Le Vien 3:41
16. "White Rabbit (Extended Version)" (Non-album single) Grace Slick 5:13
Machine Gun Etiquette is the third studio album by English punk rock band the Damned. It was released on 2 November 1979 by Chiswick Records. The album was the group's first since reforming with a new lineup of Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on lead guitar, Rat Scabies on drums and Algy Ward on bass guitar. On Machine Gun Etiquette, the band became more experimental; without original guitarist Brian James, the songwriting was more democratic, resulting in a blend of punk, psychedelic rock and pop styles.
The voice at the album's start is Jack Howarth, taken from his 1971 album 'Ow Do, a recording of Lancastrian monologues. The mispronounced album name would later be used in fusion with Thee Headcoats name as the Japanese band name Thee Michelle Gun Elephant by their former bassist.
