Stu West

This article is about the bassist. For other people with similar names, see Stuart West (disambiguation).

Stu West (born 24 December 1964, Lincolnshire, England) is the current bassist in the English punk band The Damned.^[1] He joined in 2004, when the past bassist Patricia Morrison left the band due to pregnancy. She had a daughter, Emily, by her long-time partner and Damned vocalist, Dave Vanian. Morrison never rejoined the band.

West was actively involved in the thriving Peterborough, England punk scene of the 1980s/'90s. He was in the bands Uprising (vocals, released one rare demo single), Monks of Science (bass, one LP rereleased as a special split CD with Default, Inspirations and Escalations, 1987–1992, Boss Tuneage Retro), Default (bass, demos & live tracks) and briefly punk & heavy metal crossover band English Dogs (featuring Gizz Butt and possibly, at the time, original drummer and current Damned drummer, Pinch). In 2012, Butt reformed the Metal English Dogs along with Pinch. An album has been released and the band have toured. Pinch never left the Damned drum stool permanently but had a stand-in at a few shows.

Peterborough punk legends The Destructors (who once featured a 15 year old Gizz Butt on guitar) and their loyal fans once known as the "Destructors Death Squad" have kept the local scene alive for 35 years. Many of the fans have been involved with bands and vice versa. Guitarist/vocalist Gizz (now known as Graham) Butt has been involved with numerous punk/metal/crossover acts and is also a music tutor.

West is a keen steam railway enthusiast and a real ale fan (he can often be seen at the annual Peterborough Beer Festival).

Stu West currently lives in Stamford, England.

References

↑ Hutchinson, Martin (27 May 2010). "MUSIC INTERVIEW: The Damned". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011.

The Damned

Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Monty Oxymoron Pinch Stu West Brian James Rat Scabies Lu Edmonds Dave Berk Henry Badowski Jon Moss Lemmy Algy Ward Gary Holton Paul Gray Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Paul Shepley Kris Dollimore Alan Lee Shaw Moose Harris Garrie Dreadful Patricia Morrison Spike Smith

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?

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

EPs	Friday 13th EP Testify

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" "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" "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" "Gigolo" "Anything" "Alone Again Or" "In Dulce Decorum" "Fun Factory" "Prokofiev" "Shut It" "Little Miss Disaster"

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	Discography "Nasty" The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead

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