Brian James, founder members and guitarist from seminal UK punk band The Damned has teamed up with Wayne Kramer from inspirational garage band MC5 to form Mad For The Racket. Their first release "The Racketeers" will be released on November 6th. "The Racketeers" is reflective of the guitar work of these two highly influential and respected musicians and captures all the energy of their respective former bands, whilst also managing to keep its roots firmly placed in the present. Brian and Wayne also enlisted the help of a couple of their pals for additional musical duties. Brian had long admired Duff McKaganÕs bass playing in seminal rockers Guns n Roses, so hastily recruited him to the Mad For The Racket cause. Duff being a long-time MC5 and Damned fan was only happy to oblige. Stuart Copeland from The Police, who had worked with Brian in his IRS days, was invited to add his drumming skills to the album, as was Clem Burke from Blondie, and so the Mad For The Racket sound was complete. Mad For The Racket shows Brian James and Wayne Kramer still keeping the torch of intelligent and downright fiery rock n roll burning bright.