'' is the third
Album by the
British Punk band
The Damned . They released it in November 1979. The album was the group's first since reforming with
Dave Vanian on vocals,
Captain Sensible on lead guitar,
Rat Scabies on drums and
Algy Ward on bass. Machine Gun Etiquette is seen by many as a punk classic, and saw the band become more experimental. Without
Brian James , the song-writing was more democratic, resulting in a blend of punk, progressive rock and gothic styles.
In 1995, a later
Punk group
The Offspring covered and merged both versions of "Smash It Up" and released it as a single from the soundtrack of ''
Batman Forever ''.
# "Love Song" - 2:21
# "Machine Gun Etiquette" - 1:48
# "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" - 3:42
# "Melody Lee" - 2:07
# "Anti-Pope" - 3:21
# "These Hands" - 2:03
# "Plan 9 Channel 7" - 5:08
# "Noise, Noise, Noise" - 3:10
# "Looking At You" - 5:08
# "Liar" - 2:44
# "Smash It Up (Part I)" - 1:59
# "Smash It Up (Part II)" - 2:53
- Later re-issued by Ace records with the following singles as bonus material on the CD version:
# "Ballroom Blitz" - 3:30
# "Suicide" - 3:14
# "Rabid (Over You)" - 3:41
# "White Rabbit" - 5:13
This version also had a different cover.
