On 4 Mar 2013, at 19:31, David Powers wrote: > Martin, good point about "the myth of them not being able to play."
I've got early bootlegs of the Pistols, Clash and Stranglers, they could all play pretty good. > > I do think the DIY aspect of punk was very positive, and that DIY > spirit continues to inspire many electronic musicians of all sorts. For sure, it's really important. I still have the TV Personalities 7" and Scritti Politti 7" that had all the pressing etc details. I remember buying Cabs 7s and seeing them in the same que for UK Subs/Joy Division and waiting for the bus, sounds silly but it made it more real back then. By the same note I remember seeing the Cabs, Throbbing Gristle and The Slits and not understand a thing that was going on, The Slits couldn't play for sure but there was something wonderful in the chaos :) > > However, it's interesting to note that DIY approach was actually > pioneered by jazz musicians already in the 1950's and 60's, by artists > like Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, and the members of Chicago's AACM > (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). It does make > me wonder if any of the original Detroit techno artists were aware of > their predecessors. Yeah, there's a lot to learn from history, I didn't know it was Bob Dylan that changed the album format to what we know it as so yeah if I'm just learning that... m
