"it was about getting up and having a go" That's it completely and in a nutshell.
I grew up in the same neighborhood as Bad Brains and those guys (with a background in hard bop jazz and reggae) could -play-. But they were playing at a time when many in the same circuit (the Washington DC underground of 1977 onward) really couldn't -- including some, like Half Japanese, who made a fetish of that. Some got better, some didn't. Many of us who DJ or make tracks have drawn on the DIY punk attitude -- itself an outgrowth of, among other things, the garage band ethos in the 1960s in the US, of course commemorated by "Garageland" by the Clash, a band who could really really play. It's easy to overlook now the profound influence of the Ramones on the Pistols and everyone else. And what were they doing? Basically 1960s garage. but I digress :) fh ----------------- > >On 4 Mar 2013, at 14:25, David Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> First of all, it's the opposite, punk was (supposedly) influenced by >> situationism, >> >> 'Marcus quotes the musician Paul Westerberg as saying that he became >> enthralled with the Sex Pistols because It was obvious that they >> didnt know what they were doing and they didnt care. > >Talcy Malc did rip off a hell of a lot of dada and situationism but he didn't >try to hide it. >He tried some of it on the New York Doll but it didn't work or stick. > >It's interesting that the myth of them not being able to play still continues, >Jones, Cook, and Matlock could all play very well. > >I think the key part about punk for me was that it was about getting up and >having a go. > >Here's the names and addresses of the studio's, pressing plants and venues --- >GO > >m >
