Shit is shit, whether it's loud and fast or slow and soft...
The "legitamate" acts you mentioned made music...not political statements.
Give me Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Dust In The Wind and the like over Anarchy
In The UK and Should I stay Or Should I Go anytime...

bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Eichelberger" <markeichelberger@comcast.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: Punk Rock....good riddance not RIP !!!


> Punk rock put music into the dark ages.Morons everywhere thought
> > that they could sing and create bands.It had the effect of dumbing
> > down music.  Legitimate artists were slagged of in the press by
> > ignorant bastards like Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols.
> With the punk explosion, crime went up because people were copying the
> anarchistic views of a few assholes like Rotten and Joe Strummer.
>
>
> Darn those rotten punk rockers.  If it were not for them and their ilk, we
> would still be listening to such "intelligent " and "legitimate" rock
acts,
> such as Kansas, ELP, Toto, Journey, Yes, etc.
>
> Seriously, John "Rotten" Lydon is a bit of an asshole and the latest tour
is
> a farce, but every so often I just love to blast "Pretty Vacant" or
> "Holidays In The Sun".  It still gives me a thrill.   In addition, for a
> group that released only 1 album and were together only for about a year
or
> 2 (someone will probably confirm the actual time they were together), you
> would be hard pressed to find a group or album that has had such a lasting
> effect on indie rock, the DIY movement, etc, etc.
>
> ...and to call Joe Strummer an asshole???  Talk about fightin' words!
>
> So to Dave, I leave you with the words of Polly Styrene....Oh Bondage, Up
> Yours!
>
> Graciously,
> Mark Eichelberger
>
>