Editing Machine Gun Etiquette (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Machine Gun Etiquette
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]]
| cover      = Damned_machine_gun_etiquette.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 9 November 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-11-10.pdf|title=Music Week|page=32}}</ref>
| recorded   = March–May and July–August 1979 in London, England
| studio     =
* Sound Suite
* [[Wessex Sound Studios]]
* The Workhouse Studios
* Utopia Studios
* SGS Studios
* Chalk Farm Studios<ref name="LN">{{cite AV media notes |title=Machine Gun Etiquette |others=[[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] |publisher=[[Chiswick Records]] |edition=25th anniversary |year=2004 |id=CDWIKD 250 |type=CD liner notes}}</ref>
| genre      = 
* [[Punk rock]]<ref name="docu">{{Cite web|date=27 May 2016|title=New Documentary Explores The Damned's 40 Year History of Anarchy, Chaos And Destruction|url=https://decider.com/2016/05/27/the-damned-dont-you-wish-we-were-dead-amazon-prime-video/amp/|access-date=26 May 2021|website=Decider}}</ref>
* [[New wave music|new wave]]<ref name="Newsounds machine gun étiquette"/>
* [[hardcore punk|proto-hardcore]]<ref name="docu"/>
*[[neo-psychedelia]]<ref name="Newsounds machine gun étiquette">[https://newsoundsmag.co.uk/2019/04/16/the-damned-machine-gun-etiquette-classic-album-review/ THE DAMNED- ‘MACHINE GUN ETIQUETTE’ CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW]. ''Newsounds''. Retrieved 25 February 2023.</ref>
| length     = {{duration|m=35|s=28}}
| label      = [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]]
| producer   =
* The Damned
* Roger Armstrong
* Ed Hollis
| prev_title = [[Music for Pleasure (The Damned album)|Music for Pleasure]]
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = [[The Black Album (The Damned album)|The Black Album]]
| next_year  = 1980
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Machine Gun Etiquette
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Love Song (The Damned song)|Love Song]]
 | single1date = April 1979
 | single2     = [[Smash It Up]]
 | single2date = September 1979
 | single3     = [[I Just Can't Be Happy Today]]
 | single3date = November 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Damned&titel=I+Just+Can%27t+Be+Happy+Today&cat=s|title=The Damned singles}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Machine Gun Etiquette''''' is the third studio album by English [[punk rock]] band [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]], released on 9 November 1979 by [[Chiswick Records]]. The album peaked at No. 31 on the UK Charts<ref>{{Cite web |date=1979-11-17 |title=MACHINE GUN ETIQUETTE |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/damned-machine-gun-etiquette/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}</ref>

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