[kj] From Wayne Hussey‏

[GREG SLAWSON]

Paul is right. Don't forget that the Pistols, Clash, and Stiff Little Fingers were either created, molded, or in the case of SLF had songs written by managers, not band members. Even though I'll give that these 3 bands may have been better than Iggy, the Dolls, MC5, etc., they were not as "original".
 



From: paulwady at hotmail.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:33:25 +0100
Subject: Re: [kj] From Wayne Hussey‏




Have we all finshed yet?  Right.  History 101, as the Yankees say...
 
1 - The very term PUNK was an AMERICANISM in the 1970's.  It was adopted by UK people around that time.  Even then lets face it, people still don't use it in Blighty for its original meaning today.  They didn't then?  It is entirely associated with a style from the late 70/s early 80/s best time of all for crude, sincere rock music.
 
2 - There was this band called the New York Dolls.  Assume everyone here does not know them on account of Morrissey running their UK fanclub, and thus everyones kept a distance...what difference does it make??
 
3 - James Osterberg.  Like anyone here needs to know what pseudonym he resides on the UK's bedroom walls under?  (Not forgetting Scottish trainspotters...)
 
4 - Eddy and the Hot Rods.  Okay okay, sorry sorry.  But I had to remind y'all just how bad things where then.  WE HAD THE ****ING OSMONDS ON THE RADIO...ON TOP OF THE POPS...TV SPECIALS...LOOK IN AND THE MAGAZINES AND THE PAPERS...  This was surely the closest our generation ever got to living through the Blitz?  It was hell in there.  Hell.  You'd walk down the road and your contemporaries and those a bit older had FLARES and MULLETTS.  Me?  I still have flashbacks.  (Wake up in the middle of the night screaming CRAZY HORSES!!!  WAAAH!  WAAH!  So America does have a lot to answer for.  Salt Lake City - capitol of trauma etc).
 
 
I am very sorry to bring up the things we'd all rather forget.  (Donnie.  Marie.  Jesus....)  But the Sex Pistols did it their way, and we all love them for it.  They did not invent it but good god did they do it brilliantly.  Even the Rolling Stones were described as a "Dartford Delta Blues band" recently.  The Beatles were surely partially due to their living in a transatlantic seaport?  Sailors selling the lp's they'd picked up in the USA you see?  
 
So...they gave it to us...and we improved it and sold it back to them?  Tee hee.  x
 
 












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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 10:48:50 +0200
From: 65snoopy at gmail.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] From Wayne Hussey‏

It is true that the US invented punk. It's just a shame that they squandered all that goodwill
by inventing Soundgarden.



On 6 September 2012 13:31, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:






"However, the UK did invent punk"


The *FUCK* it did.


Alex in NYC






On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:56 AM, Rob Moss wrote:



Oh no. You said the P word 


Mr smith is gonna have you!

On 6 Sep 2012, at 10:35, "Brendan Quinn" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:






Yes, I know. I am just giving it props Nick. Stand down.
 
I don’t really buy into UK humour being the arbiter of funny, despite having a real soft spot for it (Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly, Gervais, and the guy from Black Books). A hell of a lot of my favourite comedians are Yankee Doodles. Bill Hicks. George Carlin. Robin Williams. Eddie Murphy. Steve Martin. Zac Galifinakis. Joe Rogan. Dave Chapelle. 
 
If it wasn’t for Stephen Fry, I’d have to give it to the yanks. As it is, it’s close. (nothing funnier than Flight of the Conchords in the last 5 years though, sorry - NZ wins the gold medal)
 
However, the UK did invent punk. Unfortunately, the UK didn’t invent grunge, which pisses all over punk without an inch of argument room. So…sorry. You’re good starters, but the yanks tend to do the best job. You guys can have Dickins though, whoever the Dickins he is.
 
Am I turning into a faux troll?! ;) 
 
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Nick Scott
Sent: Thursday, 6 September 2012 8:08 p.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] From Wayne Hussey‏
 
To be honest, it is just plain, simply our standard British humour.

On 6 September 2012 07:03, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

"We're busy rehearsing now and even have two new songs rehearsed which we
will be playing throughout the tour. That'll be the moment you can go to the
bar!"
Now THAT is self-deprecatingly, humbly, genuinely funny.



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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of TB
Sent: Thursday, 6 September 2012 5:18 p.m.
To: 'sade1'; 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: [kj] From Wayne Hussey‏

"Well, some good news at last re: The Cult tour! We've just heard that there
won't be a third band added to the tour. It seems that my foot stamping diva
tantrum about not replacing Killing Joke has worked. We are now gonna be
playing for a minimum of 75 minutes! Yeah.
Like many of you I am still disappointed that Killing Joke aren't playing
but again, like many of you, this outcome is the one that I preferred
compared to the options that were put forward. We're busy rehearsing now and
even have two new songs rehearsed which we will be playing throughout the
tour. That'll be the moment you can go to the bar! We're looking forward to
this, hope you are. We'll see you there.
Cheers,
Wayne"

T.B.


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