From Dave Segal Sent Mon, Sep 13th 1999, 21:52
From Dave Segal Sent Mon, Sep 13th 1999, 21:52
>> Punk is one of the most conservative _musical_ genres ever. How many >> punk albums do you still listen to? If it's more than 5, then you're a >> sad individual. > >The Clash put out a record in 1977 called "The Clash" which shows a pretty >wide array of influences, (albeit mainly reggae and dub, not weird time >signatures and horrific 20 minute guitar solos) perhaps should give that >album a try, I've heard rumors that there's going to be a remastered >editions released soon. Heard it when it came out, sonny. Still have it in my collection. Punk's heyday lasted a very short time. It sounded very fresh for about 2 years. Rotten became Lydon and expanded his (and PiL fans') horizons. Listen to the bands who consider themselves punk now. It's sadder than hearing a concert bill full of Grateful Dead wannabes. BTW,if you hate prog, how would you know about these mythical 20-minute guitar solos? Seems like you would've exited long before your stopwatch hit the 20-minute mark. >Anyway, this band, "The Clash" went on to put out a lot of other really >great records and continued to bring other genres underneath the "punk" >umbrella, like Johnny Rotten did with PIL, for instance. It moved away >from three chords pretty quickly, you know. I'm not even going to talk >about the rest of it (DIY, etc etc) because if you don't know, it doesn't >matter. Y'all have been talking about the cultural aftermath of punk. Only a fool would say that its DIY impact was negative; however, _musically_, most punk hasn't aged well. That's my point, once and for all. Dave Segal Managing Editor/Alternative Press Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux/Origins Of Cool Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST www.wcsb.org