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End of the beginning for punk

arthurdentarthurdent Posts: 969
edited February 2011 in Other Music
On, Jan. 14, 1978, the Sex Pistols performed at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, Calif. on the final date of their U.S. tour. At the end of the show, singer Johnny Rotten screamed, "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" and angrily walked off stage. Rotten promptly left the band and bassist Sid Vicious soon died of a drug overdose, signaling the end of the first, nihilistic, era of punk rock.

A largely unknown band, The Avengers, opened the show that night and "Live at Winterland 1978" captures the intensity of that fateful day.

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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    and what did Mr Rotten mean by that?
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  • randallanddarcyrandallanddarcy Posts: 813
    Paul David wrote:
    and what did Mr Rotten mean by that?
    I can't tell if you're joking or being ironic!
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  • KravenKraven Posts: 829
    Wasn't there a little album entitled London Calling due out within the next year or two of that? I am pretty sure punk didn't die with the Sex Pistols
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    randallanddarcy wrote:
    Paul David wrote:
    and what did Mr Rotten mean by that?
    I can't tell if you're joking or being ironic!

    I just looked it up. I honestly didn't know at that point. Never knew too much about them except the music.
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  • EvolutionaryEvolutionary Posts: 880
    Kraven wrote:
    Wasn't there a little album entitled London Calling due out within the next year or two of that? I am pretty sure punk didn't die with the Sex Pistols

    This.
    (also see Buzzcocks, Bad Religion, Ramones, Social Distortion etc.. all around at the time or within a year or two)

    Pistols were were/are horrendously over-rated imo. Yes they may have been at the front of the movement, but all they offered was a figurehead to pin your angst against.
    ...London Doesn't Call Anymore... (rip joe)

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  • apirk72apirk72 Posts: 506
    I'll take the early 80's hardcore punk over most of the 70's punk, so I'd say it was the beginning of something really special. But I am not a huge Sex Pistols fan.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    arthurdent wrote:

    A largely unknown band, The Avengers, opened the show that night ...


    This was a highly underrated but very cool moment for those of us in SF on this night ....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQlv4cv-Ls


    Think it gets cut off ... so, here's the original ...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9E65h6 ... re=related
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