it devolves into boys talking about sports and hardcore
Posted by tgl on 2007-10-17 16:57:00 +0000
Reagan's Not Dead
John Rotten joins the PTA.
Paraphrasing from the article: Ramones/Sex Pistol's killed the hippies and enabled Reagan/Thatcher to emerge. So, Punk created the '80s.
Reagan created hardcore though.
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-10-17 17:08:40 +0000
The 'Reagan Disaster' will live on in musical infamy forever.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-17 17:38:37 +0000
Great column(s). I love that guy.
Just picked up a collection of essays about Rotten, which hovers close to the top of my to-be-read pile (along with the new Doug Coupland and Joe Carducci and Michael Ruhlman):
And this comes out in December:
The groundwork for hardcore was already down by the time the Reagan took office -- over here, the Germs came and went during the Carter administration, and Black Flag had gone through three of their four singers. Working class punk/oi/whatever had sped-up tempos in England. It was the Reagan/Thatcher tag team that shifted punk and hardcore from a city phenom to the suburbs.
And this comes out in December:
The groundwork for hardcore was already down by the time the Reagan took office -- over here, the Germs came and went during the Carter administration, and Black Flag had gone through three of their four singers. Working class punk/oi/whatever had sped-up tempos in England. It was the Reagan/Thatcher tag team that shifted punk and hardcore from a city phenom to the suburbs.
Posted by tgl on 2007-10-17 17:42:10 +0000
realist/urban --> idealist/suburban
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-17 17:45:41 +0000
A bunch of high school kids in their parents' basements shouting about how much Regan sucks doesn't strike me as ideal, but I know what you're syain'.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-17 17:46:29 +0000
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