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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
London, July 26 (IANS) Johnny Rotten, the outspoken former lead singer of the Sex Pistols, sang racist songs in a pub when the staff refused to serve him more alcohol. Thesun.co.uk reports that Rotten started singing offensive songs after being drunk for seven hours. An informed source said: “It was shocking to hear. They were [...]
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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Spinner.com : Foals tour manager Nick Jenkin claims that three of the band members were injured during last weekend's fight between Johnny Rotten and Bloc Party.She and Him kicked off their tour in Toronto this week, with the duo's performance reportedly having a... Read more
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Foals @ Silent Barn (more by Leia Jospe) Foals tour manager Nick Jenkin today called Lydon's description of the event at Barcelona's Summercase Festival "totally untrue," and said he watched Okereke being punched by the Sex Pistols' entourage while the...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Culture: Did the Stranglers really try to kidnap him? Tim Lott on his disastrous career as a music journalist
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Being a music journalist in the 70s was seen as a ticket to debauched glory. But, Tim Lott recalls, the bands were morons, the Stranglers tried to kidnap him, and Kate Bush wouldn't take him up on a date
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Game|Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following GameTap's recent addition of THQ-published titles to the subscription service, Ted Turner's gaming foray has also inked a deal with indie publisher Gamecock. The agreement will see Gamecock's stable of PC titles (such as the above-pictured Hail to the...
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pasta and vinegar (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Starting with a discussion of Disney’s Tomorrowland, Joel Garreau has a good piece in the Washington Post concerning how americans feel very little connection to the future anymore. Unlike the past, especially in the 50s (till the 80s), he describes how people are “future overwhelmed” using the term employed by Danny Hillis. According to Garreau, Disney’s [...]
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Osoblog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Follow that supermodel! Actually, to be fair, Agyness Deyn and her brother here weren't actually doing a runner from a restaurant. They left a restaurant, and then they ran. Which is quite different. So please don't sue me, Agy. Yes,...
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Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
"The keyboard players in my band were spacier than Sun Ra, more abstract than John Coltrane and brought more sheer, squalid anarchy to the stage than GG Allin and the Sex Pistols combined. When they weren’t playing music they were either feeding, fighting, or shitting on the floor – and they managed to do a lot of that onstage, too. But they didn’t just act like barnyard animals, they were barnyard...
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The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Congratulations, you've just set a new world record in wrongness...
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Hüsker Dü According to this totally random list I found, the 25 'Greatest Punk Rock Artists' are:1. The Clash 2. MC5 3. The Ramones 4. The Sex Pistols 5. The Stooges 6. Dead Kennedys 7. Fugazi 8. Black Flag 9....
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F-News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Neon Neon and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys has backed Bloc Party's Kele Okereke in the recent 'racism' row between Bloc Party and the Sex Pistols. As previously reported on NME.COM, Kele Okereke accused a member of the Sex Pistols' entourage of racially abusing him at the Summercase Festival last weekend (July 19). John Lydon denied the claims of racial abuse, claiming that the Bloc Party...
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Race Relations (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Sex Pistols singer John Lydon has been accused of involvement in a violent racist attack on a black musician. The 52-year-old, who made his name as Johnny Rotten 30 years ago, is alleged to have abused Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke. It is alleged that one of Lydon's entourage told him "Your problem is your black attitude" before three more set upon him, punching him in the face and head.
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New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Neon Neon and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys has backed Bloc Party's Kele Okereke in the recent 'racism' row between Bloc Party and the Sex Pistols.
