[kj] worst ever poll

[Christof hamille]

well...the term "punk" was used by a NYC fanzine that was created before the 
Sex Pistols existed.  So in that sense yes you could say that the media 
created it.  But barely.
And Malcolm was in NYC during the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, etc. era. 
  So it is true that he took the whole thing and ran with it.  The infamous 
white Les Paul played by Steve Jones was a payoff from Sylvain Sylvain (of 
the New York Dolls) to Malcolm Mclaren (who managed and wrecked the Dolls in 
Yoko Ono fashion) who then passed it along to Steve Jones.  So he knew what 
he was doing.  Even copying the tatered shirts of Richard Hell to Johnny 
Rotten.
"New Wave" was a marketing ploy by the record companies to sell punk to the 
masses.
Geordie and Jaz constantly talk about the Pistols as their ignition to the 
punk world.  BUT Jaz is also of the musical side that does not like Blues 
music.  Not sure about Geordie

There you go

chris


>From: "woody2shooz" <woody2shooz@yahoo.co.uk>
>Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
>To: <gathering@misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] worst ever poll
>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 10:35:19 +0100
>
>Ramones were a (hippy haired) rock n' roll band, as were the Sex Pistols 
>(with guitar solos) and all the others.
>
>Rock n' Roll was a marketing scam to sell the Blues to whites
>
>Punk was a moniker given by the media and marketed proudly by Malcolm 
>Maclaren
>
>Killing Joke owe little to the above, perhaps the media incited punk 
>explosion allowed it to happen.
>
>graham

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