Punk
ENGLISH [and to some extend europeen] musical style
'i hate all' 'i hate you' and so on are not punk user names-surname
Punk was first of all about derision,mockery.And most of the time sel-derision,self mockery
Johny Mopped-Rotten-Billy Idol-Buzzccoks-Rat Scabies-Howard Pickup-
T.V.Smith-Laurie Driver and hundred more
There is two aspects to punk.
The first one NOT THE MAIN ONE,is reaction to prog and stadium music
But better to say that was not anymore rock music,easy to play 3 chords songs.Was not anymore small places with rock bands playing.
Punk is only the second wave concerning 'back to rock'
It started with pub rock.As the name says ,rock played in pubs-or small places-
With Doctor Feelgood-Roogalator-Ducks Deluxe-Eddie and the Hot Rods-Count Bishops and 'the fathers of pub rock'Brinsley Schwarz.
Part of Pub-Rock bands being part of the Punk wave as well.
But punk was A SOCIAL THING
At this time UK had very hard times under tatcher,no job,no money a real economic crisis.Some others close europeen countrys had also a far from good situation and got punk bands,in other europeen countrys it was more the 'back to Rock' thing
As i say EUROPEEN countrys not US
In the back of all the general situation was a real worry.Do communist block will stay 'quiet' or try to conquer 'free Europe'
To make short"is a way to put down Yalta agreement without a war?"
At this time was still a general background feeling,but in no time you will have the
"better red than dead or better dead than read?". and the fear of WW 3 again in Europe.And you will get it exprimed in the post-punk bands like Cure and other bands or in a more symbolic way as Kraftwerk with they Man-Machine album
Sleeve red and black=symbolic colours of facisme,and they looking to est=communist russia
The 'no future' slogan had more meaning that you may think
Now you have a lot of kids out of work,not very well educated-this is England-
They get small money from the State,there is no job,no money,nothing to do.
If some of them have a guitar,bass,they just try to play
Or -like in many many cases-if they stole gear from shops,warehouses,they have something to do.They make a band.They do not play that well,BUT MUCH BETTER THAN THE LEGEND SAYS.And they know how to write catchy 3 minutes songs
No-one is about hate.
Keep in mind that one of the greatest punk succes in England was the Cortinas[not sure] with a song 'I WANT A JOB'
This was not a joke ,not derision,this was a plain demand.
Punk was as the US 60' psy\garage a 7" music.There is only few great punk lps
The first Clash-Adverts-Buzzcocks-Ruts-Damned- and some more ,but not that much
There is a lot of catastrophic punk lps
And i do not know of a punk band with more than one good lp
And punk was HUDGE.Why? Because ,as it happens with a book a movie who are not that great,but get great succes because they speak to people at the very time they are out,Punk spoke to millions in a same situation than the lyrics,the bands
There is very few punk who did music after punk,and even less who did something of interest-Roten and PIl is one of them,well the PIL of the beginning i mean
Now the Pistols
They are a product ,a project from MC s==t[this one i hate]
They are the Monkeys of punk
Was a lot of punk 7" before Pistols
Was punk lps before Pistols
They even are not the first
As the Monkeys ,other musicians play on they record
And they play kind of heavy-metal,hard rock average music,not punk
Not to say i do not like they record -i mean the first lp,not to say i did not enjoy the mess\scandal they did
But Pistols was a product,300% the opposite of what punk is
They music is hardly punk,and they been to much stupid boys to make something on they own.Only Lydon has brains.
This is the end of the story.I know was the 'punk no dead' wave and something people call US punk.But this was second serving.
And ,unlike english punk,you can say that with 'US punk' you got people who really did not know how to play.