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Name: devilsadvocate
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Subject: RE: Punk Bands of the Late 70s
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014
Time: 5:07:56 AM
Remote Address: 96.21.100.190
Message ID: 285025
Parent ID: 285024
Thread ID: 284928
You have to remember that things looked very bleak in England in those days. I was in London in 1979, 1980 and 1982 and even as a mere tourist, I could see that the economy was down in the dump. There really was "no future" for a lot of members of the upcoming generation. So I guess it was a natural reflex for them to dump on the people who, in their eyes, were firmly entrenched in safe, well-paying jobs (meaning the boomers) through the bands they loved (meaning the Beatles and the Stones).
The British punk bands were simply a reflection of the bleak times they played in
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