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Profile of Captain Sensible
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Captain Sensible |
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24th April 1954 |
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London, England, UK |
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Composer |
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Captain Sensible (born Ray Burns, April 24, 1954 in London) is a singer and guitarist (and sometimes bassist) who founded the punk rock band The Damned in 1976. After leaving the band, he reinvented himself as a new-wave singer with a rebellious, self-conscious image. The Captain's solo hits included "Wot?", "Happy Talk" (a UK number one hit) and "Glad It's All Over". Tours with his solo band "Punk Floyd", a ribbing of the band Pink Floyd. He later rejoined The Damned. His signature headwear is a red beret.
In a TV interview he mentioned that he got his ideas for songs by recording the music from advertisements, playing it backwards, then learning those reversed themes.
His recording of "The Snooker Song" from Mike Batt's musical The Hunting Of The Snark was used as the theme music for the BBC gameshow Big Break.
He supports Crystal Palace F.C.. His version of Happy Talk, minus his lyrics, was used as the backing track for a 2004 rap by Dizzee Rascal.
He wrote and performed a song called "Brain's Theme" for the movie Skinned Deep in 2004.
| The Damned |
| Current members: Dave Vanian | Captain Sensible | Patricia Morrison | Monty Oxy Moron | Pinch |
| Former members: Brian James | Rat Scabies | Lu Edmunds | Algy Ward | Paul Gray | Roman Jugg | Bryn Merrick | Kris Dollimore | Allan Lee Shaw | Moose |
| Studio albums: Damned, Damned, Damned | Music for Pleasure | Machine Gun Etiquette | The Black Album | Strawberries | Phantasmagoria | Anything | Not of This Earth | Grave Disorder |
| Live albums: Live Shepperton 80 | Live In Newcastle | Not The Captain's Birthday Party? | Mindless Directionless Energy | Final Damnation | The Damned Live | Ballroom Blitz | The School Bullies | Noise | Fiendish Shadows | Eternal Damnation |
| Compilation albums: Best Of The Damned | Damned But Not Forgotten | Light At The End Of The Tunnel | Long Lost Weekend | The Collection | Alternative Chartbusters | Totally Damned | [[MCA Singles A+B's]] | Skip Off School | Damned Busters | Tales from The Damned | Sessions of The Damned | Eternally Damned | Neat Neat Neat | The Radio One Sessions | Testify | The Chaos Years | Born To Kill | The Damned Boxed | Marvellous | The Pleasure And The Pain | Smash It Up - Anthology 76-87 |
| Related bands: Masters of the Backsides | London SS | The Lords of the New Church | Naz Nomad and the Nightmares | David Vanian And The Phantom Chords | Punk Floyd |
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