By Alex Williams Brian James, who helped spark the punk ... band the Damned, bringing a rare degree of musicality to a genre known for its chain-saw attack, died on March 6. He was 70.

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the visionary and influential U.K. punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. James' death on March 6 was confirmed on his official Facebook page ...

The Damned founding member Brian James has died aged 70, a representative has confirmed ... was the debut full-length release by a UK punk group. He wrote the UK punk single, New Rose, and ...

Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live and Portlandia has posted free downloads of the music from his SNL parody of 70s/80s British punk with Ian Rubbish and the Bizzarros. The "band" starred in a faux ...

Brian James, the pioneering punk guitarist who co-founded The Damned, died Thursday at the age of 70. The talented musician .