Punks were just angry hippies
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savoloysam
Pigman's pigman's ha ha charade you are..
Except Hawkwind.
savoloysam
Pigman's pigman's ha ha charade you are..
The Damned and some other punks had some kind of obsession with Syd Barret.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Just reading John Lydons autobiography.
He was definitely not keen on the hippy thing, or the punk thing tbh
He was definitely not keen on the hippy thing, or the punk thing tbh
Idaho
blah blah blah
Not so keen on the foreigners thing these days.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
I’m guessing just a continuation of his contrarian role
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
For balance I’m reading another couple of sex pistols biographies, hovering above the venn diagram of each of their “truths”
PTK
Paul Kegan
Is it not reading these books a bit of a waste of time?For balance I’m reading another couple of sex pistols biographies, hovering above the ven diagram of each of their “truths”
danski
"vibey"
You say it like it’s a bad thing!
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
The Ramones were just a rock and roll band who couldn't keep time.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
savoloysam
Pigman's pigman's ha ha charade you are..
Fascinated by him myself.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Saw the Damned a couple of weeks ago. Either Dave Vanian really is one of the undead or he's got a painting in the attic that's gradually aging and crumbling away.
Admittedly it is possible he knows a very good cosmetic surgeon...
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
If you like that era, Jah Wobble's autobiography is worth a read, iirc
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
I am not old enough to have been there, but I have been reliably informed that Lydon used to hang out with the hippies at the RoundHouse circa 74
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Is this the same Lyndon who sold his sole for a pack of butter or whatever it was he advertised.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
The Lydon interview by Tommy Vance from 1977 is quite revealing. It’s a collection of his favourite tracks which is mainly reggae but Can, Peter Hamil and the Third Ear Band are also included.
Fodderstompf | Press Archives | Johnny Rotten Capital Radio, 1977
It’s been suggested that this was an attempt by Lydon to break out of McClaren’s control and assert a bit of agency.
hitmouse
music obfuscation technology
I mean, Penny Rimbaud's a bit of an easy one to argue:
Where does "The Hippies Now Wear Black" come from? I know it's a book about Crass, but I suppose the title must be a quote from somewhere, hard to search where it's from cos now if you search for it you just find the book.
Where does "The Hippies Now Wear Black" come from? I know it's a book about Crass, but I suppose the title must be a quote from somewhere, hard to search where it's from cos now if you search for it you just find the book.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
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I assumed it was from a review of something Crass did? Not sure though. The book isn’t out yet so presumably it will be explained then.
PTK
Paul Kegan
Yes, we all would have done that in those days.
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
Like A Series of Shock Slogans and Mindless Token Tantrums.T
I assumed it was from a review of something Crass did? Not sure though. The book isn’t out yet so presumably it will be explained then.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
Exactly. There is also a book called “Some of us scream some of us shout” which is a Flux of Pink Indians lyric.
Bus Honeygun
This week the score draws are plentiful
According to him, whilst also being a top Arsenal football hooly like all proper working class Irish kids in north London at the time. He truly is a Renaissance man.
I do feel a bit sorry for him in a way. His contrarian and contradictory flannel was quite entertaining and contained the odd nugget of insight, but he's been the pisshead in the corner of the pub saying any old thing that will get him attention for a while now.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
the anarcho end of hippiedom defenitely bled into punk - i.e pink fairies and hawkwind were very much DIY, underground and socking it to the man. Mc Claren and Jamie Ried had been inspired by situationism and paris 68 and were involed in some yippie style pranks. Strummer (and i think some of the other notable punks) were living in the 70s london anarcho hippie squats - plus crass as mentioned above were actual hippies prior to punk. Punk in the uk took from all that but embraced an your face style and aesthetic as an implicit statment of rebellion in a way the hippies never did.
In the US Devo came out fo the 60s campus radicalim (think couple of them were at Kent State when the national gaurd shot and killed 4 demonstrators).
In the US Devo came out fo the 60s campus radicalim (think couple of them were at Kent State when the national gaurd shot and killed 4 demonstrators).
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
It was almost 50 years ago, who fucking cares?
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