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| From | Ralph Alfonso <ralph@nettwerk.com> |
| Subject | garage/punk |
| Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:53:16 -0700 |
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>No, the term was coined by Pete Townshend in an interview in the October
>1967 issue of *Hit Parader*. It was his new manner of describing the music
>of the Who, seeing as how the band's original tag of "maximum R&B" -- a
>memorable but pretty ridiculous calling card even in the beginning, since in
>strictly stylistic terms the Who was the most inept R&B band in Britain --
>didn't even come close to describing then-current Who songs such as "I Can
>See For Miles", "Pictures of Lily", and "Rael". Ken Sharp and Doug Sulpy's
>book *Power Pop!* says that this was the first use of the term.
>
>http://www.rhino.com/features/bio/72728bio.html
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>Gregory Sager
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Greg
wow....
now, this brings up the question, when did "garage rock" come into
general usage....
prior to the 77 punk explosion, 60s garage rock was known as "punk
rock" by collectors, so when
did punk switch from describing the 60s bands to describing the new
70s punk bands?
was it the UK press?
At the time, it just seemed to happen and I didn't really pay
attention to the exact changing of the
old to new, so curious,if now, it's actually been documented... was
it the emergence of Punk magazine as
edited by John Holmstrom?
Ralph Alfonso
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