The story behind Eloise by The Damned
Ten years after they released the UK’s first ever punk record – that great rowdy perennial New Rose – The Damned scooped the biggest hit single of their career. Eloise, which stormed the UK Top 3 early in 1986, crowned a remarkable comeback. After years of toil and trouble and rank bad luck, the band had returned as a force to be reckoned with. And Eloise was the latest, glittering proof. Things could only get better. Or so it seemed. That summer they entered Denmark’s fabulously appointed Puk studio to record a new album that they hoped wou...