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NarwhalSunshine:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 12 Jul 2008, 12:20 ---
--- 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.
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I don't deny their influence it's just I find the music to be extremely terrible even for punk. Bringing my age and location into this is pretty lame since it has no bearing on the fact that I hate the band and where I live now =/= where I'm from, as far as you know I could in fact have been born in England and my family chose to move to America when I was older.
KharBevNor:
Well no, you see, because you didn't say "I do not like the music of the Sex Pistols" you in fact said "I think the Sex Pistols are the second worse thing ever to happen to punk rock". These are different statements.
Trollstormur:
ye talk like a rape victim, laddeh
Slick:
I think the Sex Pistols are shit. Purely on a subjective level of music appreciation. I quite like the Clash a whole bunch.
I do not like the music of the Sex Pistols but I think the Sex Pistols are one of the more important things ever to happen to punk rock.
Gridgm:
--- Quote from: Trollstormur on 12 Jul 2008, 23:26 ---ye talk like a rape victim, laddeh
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when i look at your user pic that's a really disconcerting comment
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