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REVOLUTION PURITY LOVE SUICIDE ACCURACY

http://www.thesoundofconfusion.com

My two pence worth:
I really liked the program as the pub rock story tends to go somewhat untold, but there is an inherent difficulty in making a program called Punk Brittainia as a lot of the strongest influences on the early punk bands came from America (Stooges, New York Dolls etc). That's not to say that the pub rock story is in any way irrelevant to punk.
Pub rock did open up the whole concept of the pub venue, many of which The (Hope & Anchor, The Nashville etc) became key venues for punk and post punk bands and of course a few punks, notably Joe Strummer played in pub bands before coming punks. The role of Stiff & Chiswick records is also relevant as both labels started as pub rock labels that went on to relaese some of the earliest punk records. Dr Feelgood & Eddie & The Hot Rods certainly provide a link but I'd bet most of the younger punks wouldn't have been that aware of the pub scene beyond it's few more popular bands. Even the cooler glam rock acts (T.Rex, Bowie, Roxy Music etc) seemed to have a more direct influence on punk than the likes of Eggs Over Easy

Looking forward to the other two episodes and to watching the TV Smith program which I was too tired to watch last night.

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

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I agree. I tend to dislike the notion of Punk being a very British thing when bands in the US had been making the same music for years before. Of course the big British punk bands put a distinctly UK slant on it (White Man in Hammersmith Palais, Anarchy For The UK etc) and it did become an explosion here at the time but it wasn't anything like as original as these nostalgia shows make it out to be.

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Definitely isn't inbred...has the GCSEs to prove it!

REVOLUTION PURITY LOVE SUICIDE ACCURACY

http://www.thesoundofconfusion.com

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

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I remember really liking this documentary when I saw it in the early 90s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg5vKaukc3U

Jerry Nolan's description of the New York Dolls' music made a big impression on me.

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

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