[kj] Post Punk

[P Bernardi]

I know he's "taking the piss" but, Saying the Ramones were hippies cuz 
of long hair - thats like saying Killing Joke are prog rock cuz Jaz wore 
make up and so did Peter Gabriel.

Alex Smith wrote:

>Peter....
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>With all due respect, what you know about the Ramones couldn't fill a fuckin' condom.
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>...and Punk Rock has little to nothing to do with clothing.
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>Alex in NYC
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>From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
>Sent: Mar 24, 2005 4:29 PM
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] Post Punk
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>"The Ramones were about as close to the opposite of a hippy college band as
>you can get."
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>  They had long hair,skin-tight nut showing trousers and plimsolls.
>To qualify as "Punk",The hair had to come off and the shoes had to be Doctor
>Martins(Or if you were nt hard enough......Monkey boots:-),They were an
>offshot of the hippy era.
>      Glenn Matlock created the sound of Punk when he penned the first
>album.
>
>                PW
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <GregSlawson at aol.com>
>To: <gathering at misera.net>
>Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [kj] Post Punk
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>>In a message dated 3/24/2005 7:02:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>peter.west410 at ntlworld.com writes:
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>>>But as The Ramones were really a Hippy college  band ,And dont qualify
>>>as "punk"They can stay where they are.
>>>    PW
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>>>      
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>>The Ramones were about as close to the opposite of a hippy college band as
>>you can get. They were blue-collar losers from Queens, NYC. And they
>>single-handedly
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