This frenetic punk rocker was written by the group's guitarist, Brian James. The lyric makes reference to cops and guns ("No crime if there ain't no law"... "She can't afford no gun at all"), but James insisted his lyrics had no political inclinations. With that in mind, it's best to think of the lyric as a series of disjointed images meant to be sung at high speed.
The chorus is pronounced "Ni, Ni, Ni," as in the Monty Python Knights Who Say "Ni!" The Knights appeared in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which was released in 1975.
This was the second single released by The Damned, following "New Rose," which became the first punk single by a British band when it was issued in October 1976. "Neat Neat Neat" was the opening track on their debut album, Damned Damned Damned.
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