Re: (idm) prog vs punk [last word - honest!]

From Mxyzptlk
Sent Tue, Sep 14th 1999, 21:40

Just an aside here, but didja know that there is a demo Milly did with Paul
Haig available (for sale) on the web (only)? Here: http://www.rolinc.co.uk/

...and I STILL get in those moods where I play and replay my Associates
records - whatever/wherever they came from. MacKenzie and Rankine did some
amazing stuff.
                                    jeff


> > ." And Associates had more in
> > common with prog
> > than punk.
>
> I must admit that of all your statements, this is the one that really
> sticks in my craw. Mackenzie/Rankine despised prog rock as the rest of
> us did. The music they produced came out of a love of Bowie, film
> soundtracks (Barry, Morricone), Roxy Music. See Tom Doyle's excellent
> biography of Billy Mackenzie - The Glamour Chase.
>
> > You've seemingly heard only the most commercially
> > successful
> > prog bands.
>
> Look mate, I was there as well. I saw a lot of these dinosaurs before
> my damascus conversion in 1977.
>
> Mat.
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    jeff

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