The Damned’s Rat Scabies appears in new Netflix spy series ‘Black Doves’
The new Netflix spy thriller Black Doves sees an unlikely guest star from the world of music: The Damned’s drummer Rat Scabies.
The show sees Keira Knightley play the wife of the UK Defence Secretary who learns that her secret identity as a spy is in danger when her lover is killed in an incident involving London’s criminal underworld, and Ben Whishaw’s character is sent to protect her.
Sarah Lancashire also stars in the six-episode show, which is streaming on the platform now, but music fans can rejoice in the presence of the legendary punk figure Scabies too.
From the first episode, the drummer plays Bingo, the owner of a music shop who may have clandestine connections to a crime syndicate.
Black Doves has been getting strong reviews from across the board, currently sitting on a 98 per cent critics score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
Rat Scabies is having a big year, after recently rejoining The Damned, one of the most influential bands of the UK’s original punk scene. Alongside David Vanian, Captain Sensible and Paul Gray, the band are currently in the middle of their first tour together with that line-up for over 35 years.
The band play Wolverhampton on Tuesday (December 10), with remaining dates in Bristol, Southampton, Eastbourne, Cambridge and winding up at London’s Roundhouse on December 18. Find any remaining tickets here.
47 years after the release of their debut, ‘Damned Damned Damned’, The Damned also released their twelfth studio album ‘Darkadelic‘ earlier this year.
Elsewhere, Captain Sensible recently spoke about his relationship with Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, and how the late bassist “saved” the band. “Without Lemmy and his encouragement, I don’t think we would have gone on,” he shared in an interview.
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Max Pilley
NME
