[kj] RAVEN at the Grammys - REDUX

[Alexander Smith]

Oh for crying out loud...... let's not get all hung up about labels  
and hairstyles, shall we?


News flash: It's 2007 -- PUNK ROCK IS DEAD.

News flash #2: KILLING JOKE --> NEVER ORTHODOX PUNKS TO BEGIN WITH  
(ask them yourselves)

News flash #3: PUNK ROCK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW YOU WEAR YOUR HAIR.

Folks associated with Punk who've had facial hair: Robert Quine of  
the Voidoids, Dave "Crocus Behemoth" Thomas of Pere Ubu, Pete Shelley  
of the Buzzcocks, Jet Black of the Stranglers, Dave Greenfield of the  
Stranglers, Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order, Lemmy of Motorhead,  
Big John Duncan of the Exploited, at least one member of G.B.H. (Jock  
Blyth, maybe?), D. Boon and Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Henry Rollins  
of Black Flag, Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Paul Raven, Youth of  
Killing Joke, GG Allin of the Murder Junkies, members of the Big  
Boys, the Jesus Lizard, Swans, etc. etc.


Get over it.

Alex in NYC



On Feb 17, 2007, at 11:24 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> The facial hair has got to go. Never been a fan of it. I know punks  

> with

> beards are common nowadays in the

> anarcho-vegan-punk-ride-bikes-not-bombs sub-scene (which I'm sure  

> Raven

> is totally in touch with), but it used to be that a punk with facial

> hair was ludicrous. Nu-metal goatees are worse. I guess Raven's "moved

> beyond" those early days. Still, looks nappy to me. Rob Zombie called,

> he wants his...

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> fatpotanga wrote:

>> "... & 3 tubes of beard dye please"

>>

>> Thanks Alex - I had hunted to no avail.

>>

>> Nice to see the blackbird all scrubbed up.

>> Even nicer to see him doing well.

>> Even though it was atr the expense of a proper Hosannas tour,  

>> Ministry seems

>> to have been the far better career move.

>>

>> Jamierotundous

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> On 12/2/07 18:21, "Alex Smith" wrote:

>>

>>

>>> I've excised the pic of Raven, Tommy and Big Al and put it on my  

>>> weblog -- see

>>> it here:

>>>

>>>

>>> http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2007/02/the_postgrammy_.html

>>>

>>> Enjoy.

>>>

>>> Alex in NYC

>>>

>>

>>

>

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