[kj] OT - QUICK Q'ESTION

[Tabazan]

>British punk started in the North. Just like >rave. London is where it was

sold.

*Ducks & Covers*



On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:


>  Punk was the marketing term.

>

> What about Manchester (Buzzcocks/Slaughter and the dogs/ Drones) Leeds

> (the Boys / Mekons), Australia (the Saints)?

>

> British punk started in the North. Just like rave. London is where it was

> sold.

>

>  ------------------------------

> From: paulwady at hotmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:04:18 +0000

>

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT - QUICK Q'ESTION

>

> If they weren't in the Bromely contingency, or mates of them around

> London, then...?  It was as brutal as that, Alex.  Punk was a London clique

> and everything else such as the majesty of The Skids in Fife and Stiff

> Little Fingers in Ireland, came parallel or after.  Mind you, 'after' was a

> matter of months, which surely defines the delineation in question?

>

>

>

> Funny you should all mention Chrissie Hynde.  Sister in law told me this

> week that when she was single and had her own basement flat in Earls Court

> back in the 90's, she had an epic New Years Eve party.  About 100 odd

> people came, and someone stole all her cosmetics...could it have been a

> certain smacked - up looking old raver sitting there amongst it all?  Yeah,

> her entire cosmetics arsenal.  No, not Beth Orton who attended and looked

> okay.  Missie Chrissie herself was there.  Friend of friends etc.

>

> *Got Revlon, in pocket, *

> *got scabs, I'm gonna use it?*

>

>

>

>

>

>  > From: vassifer at earthlink.net

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:49:59 -0500

> > Subject: Re: [kj] OT - QUICK Q'ESTION

> >

> >

> > Technically post-punk as in "after" punk, but not "post-punk" in a

> > Bunnymen/Joy Division sorta way.

> >

> >

> > The Pretenders were certainly inspired by punk, but I'd just call them

> > a rock n' roll band. Word has it that guitarist James Honeyman-Scott

> > (rip) hated all things punk, so there ya go.

> >

> > Alex in NYC

> >

> >

> > On Feb 13, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Karen Weil wrote:

> >

> > > Erm ... somewhere in between? ; )

> > >

> > > k.w.

> > >

> > >

> > > -----Original Message-----

> > > From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:

> gathering-bounces at misera.net

> > > ] On

> > > Behalf Of TB

> > > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:30 PM

> > > To: 'sade1'; 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> > > Subject: Re: [kj] OT - QUICK Q'ESTION

> > >

> > > sade1 wrote:

> > >

> > > PRETENDERS: Punk, or Post-Punk?

> > >

> > > :)

> > >

> > > Carry on.

> > >

> > > +++++++++++++++

> > >

> > > First album - post-punk. Everything after that, plain ol' rawk,

> > > power pop

> > > to adolt contemporary.

> > >

> > > I saw them early on the second album tour in mid '81 with the original

> > > lineup - great show. Saw them again in '83 at the US Festival after

> > > the

> > > guitarist and bass player had died and been replaced, decent. Saw

> > > them

> > > again supporting U2 in late '87 - boring as fuck. Saw them again at

> > > the

> > > Wiltern around 2008-ish when they filmed their live dvd, again

> > > boring as

> > > fuck.

> > >

> > > T.B.

> > >

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