Editing Captain Sensible (section)

==Personal life==
Captain Sensible was previously in a long term relationship with Rachel Bor of [[Dolly Mixture (band)|Dolly Mixture]].<ref name="DM">{{cite news |first= Lisa |last= De Silva |title= Almost Famous: Dolly Mixture |newspaper= South Downs Living |issue= 47 |date= April 2009 |access-date= 23 December 2013 |url= http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1frnm/SouthDownsLivingmaga/resources/48.htm |archive-date= 24 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131224091832/http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1frnm/SouthDownsLivingmaga/resources/48.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> The couple have three children together.<ref name="DM"/> He is currently married to Mayumi.<ref name="DM"/><ref>{{cite news |first= Tony |last= Dewhurst |title= The Damned, Clitheroe Grand |newspaper= [[Lancashire Telegraph]] |date= 11 July 2013 |access-date= 23 December 2013 |url= http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/10542308.Captain_Sensible_and_The_Damned_set_for_Clitheroe/ |archive-date= 24 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102602/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/10542308.Captain_Sensible_and_The_Damned_set_for_Clitheroe/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

Burns adopted his stage name Captain Sensible ironically because he described himself as a "debauched maniac" who had fun "regardless of the consequences."<ref name="wbur">{{cite web |first= Jim |last= Sullivan |title= 40 Years and Counting: The Damned and Captain Sensible Still Rock the Stage |publisher= [[WBUR-FM]] |date= 21 October 2014 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |url= http://www.wbur.org/artery/2014/10/21/the-damned-royale-boston |archive-date= 8 September 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015732/http://www.wbur.org/artery/2014/10/21/the-damned-royale-boston |url-status= live }}</ref> However, after living at [[Dial House, Essex|Dial House]] (the [[Intentional community|commune]] where the [[anarcho-punk]] band [[Crass]] lived) for a week to record an EP in 1981, his life changed and he became a [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]] who adhered to Crass' pacifist and creative aims.<ref name="wbur"/><ref>{{cite web |first= John |last= Gentile |title= The Damned's Captain Sensible on "punk," Lemmy, and the band's new LP |website= Punknews.org |date= 1 November 2016 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |url= https://www.punknews.org/article/62315/interviews-the-damneds-captain-sensible-on-punk-lemmy-and-the-bands-new-lp |archive-date= 8 September 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015808/https://www.punknews.org/article/62315/interviews-the-damneds-captain-sensible-on-punk-lemmy-and-the-bands-new-lp |url-status= live }}</ref> Captain Sensible has written several songs about [[animal rights]], including "[[Dozen Girls|Torture Me]]" and most notably the 1985 single "Wot! No Meat?".<ref>{{cite web |title= Damned : "Torture Me" |website= La Terre d'abord ! |date= 23 September 2015 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |url= https://laterredabord.fr/?p=19680 |language= fr |archive-date= 7 September 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180907205734/https://laterredabord.fr/?p=19680 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first1= Jeff |last1= Tamarkin |author-link1= Jeff Tamarkin |first2= Deirdre |last2= Rockmaker |title= Greening of Rock |magazine= [[Vegetarian Times]] |date= November 1985 |pages= 32–36 |issue= 99 |issn= 0164-8497 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |archive-date= 16 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210416040551/https://books.google.com/books?id=gwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |url-status= live }}</ref>

He is a supporter of [[Crystal Palace F.C.]]

Burns is a [[railfan]], particularly enjoying diesel locomotives after being rescued from a stranded service in cold weather by one as a child.<ref name="trains"/> He later named Deltic Records after the [[British Rail Class 55|Deltic locomotives]].<ref name="trains"/> [[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]] diesel locomotive ''47810'' was previously named ''Captain Sensible'' after Burns.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=16 February 2007 |title=Notable Workings Pictoral |url=https://www.railwayherald.com/magazine/download/72 |journal=[[Railway Herald]] |issue=72 |pages=16}}</ref><ref name="trains"/>