Machine Gun Etiquette

Machine Gun Etiquette
Studio album by
Released9 November 1979
RecordedMarch–May and July–August 1979 in London, England
Studio
  • Sound Suite
  • Wessex Sound Studios
  • The Workhouse Studios
  • Utopia Studios
  • SGS Studios
  • Chalk Farm Studios
Genre
Length35:28
LabelChiswick
Producer
  • The Damned
  • Roger Armstrong
  • Ed Hollis
The Damned chronology
Music for Pleasure
(1977)
Machine Gun Etiquette
(1979)
The Black Album
(1980)
Singles from Machine Gun Etiquette
  1. "Love Song"
    Released: April 1979
  2. "Smash It Up"
    Released: September 1979
  3. "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"
    Released: November 1979

Machine Gun Etiquette is the third studio album by English punk rock band the Damned, released on 9 November 1979 by Chiswick Records. The album peaked at No. 31 on the UK Charts

The album was the group's first since reforming with a new lineup of previous members Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on lead guitar, Rat Scabies on drums, plus newcomer Algy Ward of Australian punk band The Saints on bass guitar on his only album with the band.