Sunday, April 25, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
CBC's Peter Gzowksi interviews Iggy Pop
Watch here. Iggy gives the perfect definition of "Punk Rock"!!
From "RetroBites: Iggy Pop with Peter Gzowksi" on Google Video.
From "RetroBites: Iggy Pop with Peter Gzowksi" on Google Video.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols Manager, Dead At 64
"Malcolm McLaren, the manager of infamous punk act the Sex Pistols and the man for which the term "music impresario" was probably coined, died Thursday (April 8) in New York. He was 64.
McLaren was born in London in 1946 and left home as a teenager, attending several art colleges (all of which he was expelled from) and taking up with the so-called 'Situationist' movement, which favored absurd public demonstrations as a way of enacting social change. In 1971, he and designer (and partner) Vivienne Westwood opened a London clothing shop called Let It Rock, which would become the go-to outfitter for acts in the burgeoning punk scene on both sides of the Atlantic, starting with the New York Dolls, whom McLaren met in 1972.
In 1975, he had begun to manage a London act called the Strand, who become the Sex Pistols after McLaren and his assistant spotted a snarling punk named John Lydon and made him audition for the group. Lydon was rechristened "Johnny Rotten," and with him fronting the group, the Pistols began an assault on London's art-school scene. With McLaren at the helm, the Pistols' legend began to grow, reaching its pinnacle in 1977, when, during the Queen of England's Silver Jubilee, they released their incendiary second single 'God Save the Queen.'
Full story at MTV.com
McLaren was born in London in 1946 and left home as a teenager, attending several art colleges (all of which he was expelled from) and taking up with the so-called 'Situationist' movement, which favored absurd public demonstrations as a way of enacting social change. In 1971, he and designer (and partner) Vivienne Westwood opened a London clothing shop called Let It Rock, which would become the go-to outfitter for acts in the burgeoning punk scene on both sides of the Atlantic, starting with the New York Dolls, whom McLaren met in 1972.
In 1975, he had begun to manage a London act called the Strand, who become the Sex Pistols after McLaren and his assistant spotted a snarling punk named John Lydon and made him audition for the group. Lydon was rechristened "Johnny Rotten," and with him fronting the group, the Pistols began an assault on London's art-school scene. With McLaren at the helm, the Pistols' legend began to grow, reaching its pinnacle in 1977, when, during the Queen of England's Silver Jubilee, they released their incendiary second single 'God Save the Queen.'
Full story at MTV.com
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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