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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I must admitt, from you I am dissappointed, I expected something a little less, corporate, though I do have Casualties on my list as well so, yellem asega (no worries!)
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I was just about to say I mostly agree with Mr 2600. I'm not sure of his thinking, but for my part The Pistols represent a great deal of what punk is about, and what it's become. They've inspired a great many 'properly' 'anarchist' bands (I use these terms very loosely) such as your Crasses or your Napalm Deaths whilst also inspiring the 'fake' 'corporate whores' such as your Blinks or Green Days. They represent, to many, a moment of rebellion, an exciting pop-cultural moment of breaking with the past; to miserly (but not yet old) cunts such as me they sound like a better version of the Faces. There's a huge pop element to the Pistols (like, uh, choruses - remember them?) but they're still an important yardstick/ reference point, even if negatively, for the majority of 'punk' bands.
I'll happily undermine any salient points here by saying that I don't really like punk, unless Avril Lavigne counts.