Thanks, that was somewhat informative, but saying punk was heavily influenced by Dub and Reggae because The Clash wrote some jams and they were influenced by it, does not mean the entire genre was. Unless of course you are saying The Clash were the progenitors of punk, but that's a whole other ball of wax.
Cheers todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "miss lauryn g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "313 List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno? > > > > Do you have any evidence of this? Can you support this claim? Are you Iggy > > Pop? The only influence Dub and Reggae may have had on punk is the message > > they tried to get across. Ska was directly influenced by the rhythms and > > sounds of Dub and Reggae as is apparent in the music, however Ska-punk cross > > pollination really didn't happen until about '88 when Operation Ivy hit the > > scene. Unless you consider The Specials and The English Beat 'punk', I'd > > really like to know where you got this idea. > > > > http://www.appleonline.net/fantompowa/baines_reggae.htm > > that pretty much will sum it up for you right there. :) > > he is correct. punk was heavily influenced by reggae and dub. > > -l > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
