 Sex Pistols | God Save the Sex Pistols The last week marks the 30th anniversary of the Sex Pistols first live concert. Before Green Day, Blink 182 or Good Charlotte started pumping out anti-establishment songs, this fab four from Britain changed music forever. |
The aggressive, political, nihilistic punk sound, led by the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten, was a response to the gentle sounds of the 50s and 60s. And now in another example of the old becoming the new, punk nostalgia and enthusiasm is hot again.
As if to reinforce the point, electronic music innovator Beck just announced on his web site that his next album will be "...a very rough camp of punk rock songs." To mark the occasion since the original punk rockers plugged in, we don our dark clothes, heavy boots and our favorite pink Mohawk, and look at the latest punk searches resonating with Lycos users.
Punk music's enthusiastic assault of the establishment however is not reflected in the current list of search queries. The disenchantment of the past generations has evolved (or should we say dissolved) since the time of The Clash and Pistols, given that almost 50 percent of the searches are related to punk hairstyles. We can only imagine what kind of prom dress will match a punk-prom hairstyle.
The hottest Punk searches most requested by Lycos users for the week ending October 29, 2005:
1. Punk Hairstyles
2. Punk Hair Gallery
3. Punk Girl Hairstyles
4. Punk Lyrics
5. Punk Goth Teen Hairstyles
6. Punk Clothing
7. Punk Rock
8. Punk Screen Names
9. Punk Band Names
10. Punk Backgrounds
11. Punk Chicks
12. Punk Bands
13. Punk Fashion
14. Punk Haircuts For Prom
15. Punk Short Hair Style Girl
16. Punk Wallpaper
17. Punk Pictures
18. Punk Icons
19. Punk Art Drawings
20. Underground Punk Bands
21. Punk Rock Quotes
22. Punk Tattoo Gallery
23. Punk Animated Gifs
24. Punk-o-matic
25. Punks
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30th St Martin's Anniversary Party
6th november 1975
It was 30 years ago today...the Sex Pistols played their debut gig at St. Martin's School Of Art, London.
A celebratory party is being held tonight to mark the occasion: The Invitation Only event will include DJ Sets by Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly), Andrew Weatherall, Artrocker DJs. Plus live performances by The Paddingtons, Art Brut, Battant, and Comanechi. A VIP area will be showing previously unseen footage of the Sex Pistols' first ever gigs from St Martins School of Art and Central School of Art & Design by celebrated film-maker Julien Temple.
Glen Matlock will also unveil a faux heritage blue plaque...to mark it down as a place of historical interest. Central St. Martins Charing Cross Road window gallery has been specially dressed to mark this anniversary featuring original Sex Pistols artwork by Jamie Reid, and a live-size photo of the Sex Pistols from November 1975 taken by Paul Terence Madden.
You can view review and photos directly from St Martins College Of Art's report HERE
Sex Pistols manager off the hook
A French court on Thursday threw out a case by a French composer who accused former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren of plagiarising his work for a track used in the blockbuster movie 'Kill Bill 2'.
Local musician Benjamin Beduneau, also known as Lancelot, was ordered to pay €1500 euros ($1750) in procedural damages to McLaren, who found fame as manager of pioneering English punk group The Sex Pistols.
The court in the central town of Angers ruled that there was insufficient proof that plagiarism had taken place, while McLaren had given strong arguments contesting the charge.
Beduneau had claimed that McLaren's song 'About Her', which features on the soundtrack to the Quentin Tarantino film, is a copy of his work 'Smith Ballad', which he registered with the French performers' rights body in January 2003.
The French composer claims he offered the song to McLaren as part of an album project that never materialised.
Bruno Ryterband, representing McLaren, told the court last month that his client was the true author of the song and that he had written the piece based on samples of other music which he had asked Beduneau to collate.
source: iafrica.com
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