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> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:19:04 EST
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Nationalism and it's effect on Rock
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> All this (well trodden) talk about nationalism in our little scene is
> actually slightly related to something I experienced on our recent tour of
> Spain. The tour was just great, you can imagine, and the mod kids that I met
> there were very cool. they definitely had the clothing thing together, I was
> feeling decidedly scruffy in comparison.
>
> Anyway, this certainly isn't the case with everyone I met, but a lot of the
> people who came to our shows expressed to me that they saw us as
> representative of American rock and roll. A fellow who had driven 100 km to
> see us was saying how excited he was to see a real American band. (in fact,
> we were billed as 'Power Pop Genuino' at one venue, which sounds like the
> particular kind of Esperanto idiotico that I used throughout the tour). I
> asked him if there weren't a lot of Spanish rock bands that he liked and he
> said that it just wasn't the same as seeing a real American rock band. In
> fact, he told me that most of the non-Spanish bands that they get in Spain
> come from the UK which just about guarantees that they stare at the floor
> when they play. He was quite excited to see a band jump about and sweat while
> playing. It left me with a certain sense of responsibility to somehow live up
> to this guys expectations of being an American rock band. I didn't know if we
> should just do Little Richard numbers, or what. It certainly made us go all
> out to put on a goo show. Anyway, it was just something I experienced, and I
> certainly don't mean it to sound condescending ('cuz I heard a number of good
> Spanish bands there). By the way, if anyone has some extra time on their
> hands, I've posted my tour diary at www.monolyth.com/pills.htm
> Corin
>
I don't know if you've seen Dr. Explosion, but they 're a Power pop/garage band from
Spain. They played in San Francisco about a year ago, and those guys jumped
around more than any band I've seen in my life.. It's like they just discovered the
pogo.
Definitely didn't stare at the ground, and in fact, spent much of the show actually IN
the audience.
So much for stereotypes.
Dan
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