[kj] worst ever poll

[Alexander Smith]

Chris.....remind me to buy you several beers sometime!

Alex in NYC



On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 09:07 AM, Christof hamille wrote:

> 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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