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KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: NarwhalSunshine on 10 Jul 2008, 00:07 ---I don't see how that's possible

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It's because they're a good, solid rock band with a good stage presence and some great songs. The fact that they were originally (to an extent) assembled as a situationalist performance art project by Malcolm McLaren doesn't really change that. Also before you go all misguided punx purist on me consider the fact that bands ranging from The Clash to Cock Sparrer cite them as influences, and that without the Sex Pistols we very probably wouldn't have had Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Fall, The Buzzcocks or Factory Records. In fact, The Sex Pistols catalysed the entire British punk movement and gave impetus and exposure to the huge number of great punk bands that arose from it. You're 19 and American, so I'm gonna say you probably don't have the greatest perspective on it: I've talked to enough old British punks who were around back in the day to know exactly how important the Sex Pistols were.

Punk 77's article on the Pistols

My worries about the Sex Pistols were essentially that they would just be old and embarrasing, but they were still pretty fun. Though to be honest, most of the other geriatric bands I've seen, especially in that vein, have still been awesome: Motorhead, UK Subs, Saxon, Stiff Little Fingers, etc.

valley_parade:
I've heard the Buzzcocks are still pretty good live.

Heard. Their last date on Warped 2006 was the one before the show I went to. =/

RedLion:

--- Quote from: Jposh on 12 Jul 2008, 10:17 ---how was it? Where did you go?

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Spent a day in Dublin, then to Paris and Annecy, in France; Geneva in Switzerland; went to Italy: Venice, Florence, Rome, Milan; Back into the south of France, to go along the Mediterranean coast: Monaco, Nice, Cannes, Marseilles; then into Spain to go to Barcelona, Cordoba and Madrid. Then spent a day in London. Then came home this morning.

Interestingly, my favorite cities were Paris and Madrid, though they're so different from eachother.

Anyway, what the hell is this topic even about?

michaelicious:
I prefer to be a Negative Nancy.

Trollstormur:
i wouldn't have brought it up but i was being a negative norseman. I don't know which one's worse, or if one is even worse than the other, all i know a rape victim can live on to become a rape survivor.

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