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MguyX 
"X marks the spot"
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 Posted - 11/09/2007 : 21:11:06
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It's cool, GH. Maybe it's more a matter of listener age and location.
However, to say "English punk music never really caught on in the U.S." is, well, a problem. English punk (more properly, "British Punk") was seminal in the U.S., influencing myriad imitators in the U.S. in both music and fashion.
When I was in high school in 1978, British Punk was in full explosion here (well, there was an enclave in Venice, CA, where I was). There were a bunch of then-local but heavily British-influenced punk bands playing around Hollywood [remember the Germs? Black Flag? The Vandals? Circle Jerks? Fear? And when they were punk, X?].
We were rockin Anarchy waaaaaay back when (though the first Pistols song I heard was "Bodies" in 1978 while a buddy and I were drinking tequila shots in his old treehouse. I had just started 10th grade and was still fairly loyal to the funk of Parliament and Bootsy's Rubberband. But I just couldn't resist 3-chord punk).
While so many rock historians finger Iggy Pop and the Ramones as the beginning of Punk music, that's simply not accurate. Those guys certainly expressed a rawness and a type of teen angst in a different and agressive way (and don't get me wrong: I idolize Iggy's music over the many years and styles -- am I the only person enthralled by Brick by Brick" and "American Ceasar"?). But the Sex Pistols and their progeny introduced a different ethos -- for better or worse -- that creates a clear demarcation in the development of Punk Rock, and by extension, such Heavy Metal subgenres as Thrash Metal.
Not only did British Punk catch on here, it took hold. 
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Edited by - MguyX on 11/09/2007 22:26:17 |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 21:22:05
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Here is a "Silly Thing"
So What you see...is what you get. |
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 22:12:09
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The text says: Sid Vicious Drugs Kill
Ain't that the truth |
Edited by - Shiv on 11/09/2007 22:12:54 |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 22:27:02
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quote:
Originally posted by T8tanPa
Here is a "Silly Thing"
So What you see...is what you get.
Huh? |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 22:32:51
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quote:
Originally posted by MguyX
quote:
Originally posted by T8tanPa
Here is a "Silly Thing"
So What you see...is what you get.
Huh?
They had song "Silly Thing"
a lyric was "What you see is what you get" |
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Stalean 
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 11/10/2007 : 16:08:04
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George's just jealous because I'm the brains of the group.
I've made all the decisions, even from the beginning when I wasn't in the group.
- Dick Cheney
(Mguyx, you're falling down on your job!  |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 11/10/2007 : 20:42:21
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(Rats!  ) |
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 11/12/2007 : 06:41:54
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quote:
Originally posted by MguyX
Not only did British Punk catch on here, it took hold.
Well, then maybe I just don't know what I'm talking about. I hadn't even heard of the Sex Pistols until I was in college. I imagined that most Americans would have had a similar inexperience with British punk, but perhaps I'm wrong. |
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 11/12/2007 : 14:19:18
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| The anarchy has been neatly arranged at www.fwiffer.com |
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Koli
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 11/12/2007 : 21:00:49
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Hawked my votes up and gobbed them into The Cheese's ballot box.
[Hawwwk...phlupe...puh-ding   ] |
Edited by - Koli on 11/12/2007 21:02:49 |
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Shiv
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 11/12/2007 : 21:41:05
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| In order not to repeat my faux pas of last week - I done voted already |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 11/13/2007 : 01:28:16
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| I got down in the pit, slam danced and spit my votes at the singer. |
Edited by - MguyX on 11/13/2007 01:28:32 |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 11/13/2007 : 16:02:59
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| Voted. now piss off! |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 11/13/2007 : 18:10:34
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Av contest bump in the road alert!
This weekend I'm finally off for the long awaited New Zealand tour, which includes a look at pengsean in his natural environment. So if the av contest is to continue in my absence, we'll need a volunteer avatyrant for the next three weeks.
Tallying votes and posting results is the only real work involved. The gallery may suffer but it's not critical. I would need copies of the winning avs for history's sake.
Anybody feeling up for a little volunteer work before the holidays? |
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Shiv
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 11/13/2007 : 21:48:06
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Off to Bali for two weeks of sun and silliness.
Enjoy your NZ tour, and don't reverse over any penguins |
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Avatar Contest - Sex Pistols
