the clash, specials, buzzcocks were influnced buy reggae and dub but thats london. not sure about detroit. guns of brixton is a jam! scotto ps Can was one of the buzzcocks biggest influences.
----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno? > Somebody wrote: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Well, Back in the day Detroit had a largish punk scene. One of punks primary > influences was Jamaican reggae & dubb. Just had to bring it all back full > circle. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
