Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
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they did help bring the genre of punk, (and ska, and reggae, etc. ) to the mainstream. no doubt influencing many of their fans to go out and look for bands such as the stranglers because they had a new found interest in punk music.
- No, no no no they din't. They did the opposite, they helped kill it prematurely.Horp
- As for 'helping' The Stranglers... far far from it.Horp
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- as soon as the media was aware of punk it ceased to be what it was originally.7point34
- it was dead nearly the instant the name was coined to define the genre7point34
- punk music would've self-destructed even without the help of mainstream dilution7point34
- Bunch of moaners. A punch-up ruined us! What a load of bollix.Bembo
- It happens to be true. The Clash were all bezzy mates with the media luvvies, they all went to drama school together,Horp
- so when the Stranglers battered the shit out of them on a tour with the Ramones, the Clash pulled strings...Horp
- in retaliation, asking all their luvvy mates to give the Stranglers appalling reviews. If you look at the reviews is obvious.Horp
- its obvious. The same people reviewed the same albums two weeks running.Horp