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| From | Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Lydon |
| Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:17:41 -0500 |
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> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:01:07 Aaron wrote:
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> I 100% agree with Stewart's rebuttal to this, and I also want to point out
> that hardcore punk is the one that is pure agression. It's punk without melody
> and that's why it sucks and '77 punk still sounds great.
Man...to think we were dealing with music lovers with open minds on this list.
As one of the progenitors of the second punk scene I gotta take exception to the comment that it was without melody or that it was pure aggression. Again, a handful of bands (Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Flipper, Germs) do not DEFINE a scene -- they were merely the attention grabbing left-coast Maximum Rock And Roll poster children of the time.
Yes it's true....our focus, as a movement, was in the protest songs against Reagan, The Russians and atomic proliferation but it wasn't the only flag we waved musically or sonically. The east coast scene -- specifically New York and Toronto represented some of the most traditionalist 1976-1979 punk sounds a fan could want. We just played the songs FASTER.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
And former member of Swindled (1980-1982)
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