Damage
Manual Discography
(featuring Atkins & Wobble)
Billed by the press an "industrial supergroup" the Damage Manual featured former PiL bandmates Martin Atkins (Drums/Production) & Jah Wobble (bass); along with Geordie Walker (guitar), and Chris Connelly (vocals).
The collaboration came about when Atkins and Wobble got back in touch during the compiling of 'Plastic Box'. Atkins suggested he'd send Wobble some tapes to play on. However, Wobble thought that playing together in a proper working band would be a better option.
On Wobble's request they recruited Killing Joke guitarist Geordie Walker; who'd previously worked with Atkins. Wobble and Walker thought it wouldn't be right if John Lydon wasn't approached to contribute vocals, but after Atkins sending him some initial demos they never heard back from him. Chris Connelly, formerly of Ministry, Finitribe & The Revolting Cocks was then brought in. Again, Connelly had previously worked with Atkins.
The Damage Manual would release an EP and CD album before they acrimoniously split; due to increasing tension between the band and Martin Atkins; particularly over the mixing of the album. They also toured the UK – even including a few PiL covers such as 'Poptones' & 'Low Life' – and were set to tour the US but were refused entry after Visa problems. The band eventually toured the the States later that year without Jah Wobble; who had been replaced by Charles Levi.
Atkins and Connelly continued to perform as The Damage Manual, and released a second studio album in 2005, which does not feature Wobble or Walker in any form (or Keith Levene for that matter; who had been rumoured to be appearing with the band after talking about working with Atkins again).
Atkins continues to milk The Damage Manual back catalogue and has released various remixes projects from the first album & EP.
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CD: 1 |
INVISIBLE INV143 |
(4/00) |
| SUNSET
GUN / DAMAGE ADDICT / SCISSOR QUICKSTEP / BLAME AND DEMAND / LEAVE
THE GROUND (& bonus mixes) BAGMAN DAMAGE / M60 DUB (Enhanced CD EP featuring video clips, images, lyrics) |
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CD: THE DAMAGE MANUAL |
INVISIBLE INV169 |
(9/00) |
KING MOB / AGE OF URGES / TOP TEN SEVERED / THE PEEPSHOW GUESTS / SUNSET GUN (303 Edit) / STATELESS (Delusional Mix) / EXPAND / DENIAL / BROADCASTING / SUNSET GUN (Fully Monty Sunny Orb Up Mix) / BLAME AND DEMAND (Wobble/Laswell Mix Hybrid Edit) / DAMAGE ADDICT (Laswell Mix) / STATELESS (Laswell Mix) |
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CD: 1 (Japanese Import) |
INVISIBLE INV 143J |
(?/01) |
| SUNSET
GUN / DAMAGE ADDICT / SCISSOR QUICKSTEP / BLAME AND DEMAND / LEAVE
THE GROUND / M60 DUB / AGE OF URGES / TOP TEN SEVERED / STATELESS Special Japanese import featuring the '1' EP, along with 4 album tracks. (Enhanced CD EP featuring video clips, images, lyrics) (some copies come with a free colour poster) |
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| CD: CHRIS CONNELY - INITIALS CC |
INVISIBLE UIN 1058 |
(11/02) |
| 2 CD Chris Connelly retrospective features the previously unreleased Damage Manual track 'Ignore The Noise'. Jah Wobble does not appear on the track. The guitar seems to have been chopped up from the album track 'King Mob'. Here's what Chris had
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