The News Review:
- Van Halen Grandmaster Flash inducted into Hall of Fame
- Red Hot Chili Peppers | Music Artist | Videos News Photos &…
- Various Artists Appetite for Deconstruction: A Punk Rockumentary [DVD]
- … Unveils Diverse Roster 45 Dates – News Story | Music…
Van Halen Grandmaster Flash inducted into Hall of Fame
PopMatters – Mar 13, 2007
Al Sharpton another New Yorker who was on hand to deliver a tribute to the late James Brown. The Ronettes who brought a new level of physical and musical sex appeal to early `60s rock `n’ roll were inducted after what lead singer Ronnie Spector called “way too long a wait. ”Patti Smith whose poetic writing helped define New York’s downtown punk music scene of the `70s overcame what she called her own ambivalence to accept her statuette and sang several songs. The Furious Five and the Ronettes also performed as did the night’s fifth inductee Southern rockers R. The band Velvet Revolver performed two Van Halen songs.
Red Hot Chili Peppers | Music Artist | Videos News Photos &…
MTV.com – Mar 13, 2007
While Balzary and Slovak showed great musical promise (on trumpet and guitar respectively) Kiedis focused on poetry and acting during his high school career. During this time Slovak taught Balzary how to play bass while the duo encouraged Kiedis to start putting his poetry to music which he soon did. Influenced heavily by the burgeoning L. punk scene (the Germs Black Flag Fear Minutemen X etc. ) as well as funk (Parliament-Funkadelic Sly & the Family Stone etc.
Various Artists Appetite for Deconstruction: A Punk Rockumentary [DVD]
PopMatters – Mar 13, 2007
Winterland the band’s first arena concert signaled punk’s official arrival into the mainstream displacing a decade’s worth of jam bands in the process. But even before the last echoes of feedback had dissipated John Rotten’s final words delivered with Cheshire cat grin and metallic Cockney inflection—“Ever get the feelin’ you’ve been cheated?”—crystallized into an epitaph for not only the Sex Pistols’ first and final arena show but also for their entire phoenix-like career. Punk purists often downplay the Sex Pistols’ complicated and compromised origins which shatter the accrued illusion that punk rock simply represents the most genuine form of white working-class mass-culture to emerge during the post-industrial age. Instead bands like The Clash and Gang of Four are normally championed as the true godfathers of the British punk scene armed with their left-wing politics and angular non-radio-friendly aesthetics. Although one does not want to deny the importance of the politicized anti-commercial aspect of punk rock the Sex Pistols represent the flipside of the same coin where punk rock sold out even before it began. Manufactured as a publicity stunt by manager Malcolm McLaren the Sex Pistols served as his attempt to repackage the youthful rebellion he saw at work during France’s May ‘68 riots into a compact easily sold item. Yet the Pistols exceeded McLaren’s expectations and control… But the underlying goal of the tour is fueled by a noble intention to familiarize mainstream audiences not only with the sounds of punk but also its left-wing? politics. Appetite for Deconstruction documents the 2004-2005 tour and the mixed results that accompany it. Many of the bands view their music as intimately political. Anti-Flag The Slackers Strike Anywhere and The Movement announce their politics both between songs and within the lyrics themselves. The Movement summarizes most of these bands’ attitude: “We are playing for the Communists anarchists socialists anti-fascists whatever everybody who’s trying to do something on the left-wing. ” As a result the political punk bands see the Deconstruction Tour as a means to generate greater political awareness and collective involvement with various green anti-global pro-labor anti-racist movements. The problem however is the structure of the tour itself.
… Unveils Diverse Roster 45 Dates – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Mar 13, 2007
Tour founder Kevin Lyman said he had plenty of options to choose from when putting together the roster. “We received over 4000 submissions so in booking the tour this year I felt that a diverse lineup was in order” he said in a press release announcing the dates. “The tour has always been a place to explore and discover new music. This year’s lineup has old school emo punk screamo hip-hop more ska than you have seen in a long time and everything in between. If you’re open-minded this will be a great show. Members of the online Warped community will get their annual shot at Internet presale tickets starting April 1 where they’ll be offered a ticket and a copy of the Warped Tour double-disc compilation for $19.