Saturday, March 27, 2010
disaster doesn't even cover it
i enjoyed the presentation on punk on wednesday. i felt it was really informative. however, she kept mentioning that the last sex pistols tour was an entire disaster, but she never really explained why it was disaster. so i decided to investigate. i went to wikipedia (sorry i kno im not supposed to go to it but it was just there and i caved) and apparently, disaster wasn't even cover how badly the tour went. First off, several northern dates were cancelled from the get-go due to criminal charges on the band. Apparently shows itself were booked in sketchy places just so "hostile situations" were provoked. the band battled illness, drug addictions, fights, and controversies the entire tour. i'm pretty sure sid vicious was not conscious for most of the tour. The last show in SF has become famous because the pistols only played one song and walked off stage. pretty ridiculously right? imagine how the ppl at the show felt...
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Giana you can still look at Wikipedia-just don't cite it!
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