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History of Rock and Roll Final Exam
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12/12/2010

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Soloman Burke
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Brought a country influence to R&B
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Soloman Burke
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Burke never celebrated a #1 hit on the pop charts but enjoyed many hits in the R&B charts
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Wilson Pickett
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Wilson Pickett Atlantic’s best selling southern soul performer
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Wilson Pickett
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In the Midnight Hour - one of the most successful songs of the soul era
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Instrumental Soul
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Instrumental Soul
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Otis Redding
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Skillful at delivering ballads with passion
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Otis Redding
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Earned a reputation as leading performer of soul ballads
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Otis Redding
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His performance at the Monterey pop festival gained him a wider audience
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The san Francisco scene- height ashbury
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Large community of fold musicians
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The san Francisco scene- height ashbury
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The acid tests led by writer lean kesey became known as a “happening”
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The san Francisco scene- height ashbury
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Estimated theme were 500 to 1500 bands in the san fran area
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Existentialism
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Became entertaining in the universal curriculum by the early 60’s
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Existentialism
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Gave students a long base to question the complacent assumptions of American society
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Phsycadelic  music/ san fran scene
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Floating quality to the music (expand the mind)
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Phsycadelic  music/ san fran scene
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Eastern Indian influence(sitar)
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The charlatans
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Considered to be the start of the scene
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The charlatans
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Planted the seeds of the rock counter culture
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Moby Grape
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One of the best san fran bands of the 60’s
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Moby Grape
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More versatile than other SF Bands
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Moby Grape
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Combo of fold/country/classic rock
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Moby Grape
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Earn  airplane plated some of moby graps compo sections
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Jefferson airplane
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Most popular of the SF bands
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Jefferson airplane
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Leaders of the protest movement and supporters of free love
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Grace stick
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Great female rock voice
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Grace stick
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Represented the love/hate image of the 60’s
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Art rock aka classic rock
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Blending of classical music w/rock
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Art rock aka classic rock
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References to mythology
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Art rock aka classic rock
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Used odd meters and frequent tempo changes
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Art rock aka classic rock
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Large portion of art rock bands were British
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Art rock vs. progressive rock
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Art rock=classical music
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Art rock vs. progressive rock
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Progressive rock=jazz music
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Art rock vs. progressive rock
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Attempt to legitimize rock music
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Art rock vs. progressive rock
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Aimed to broaden the market of listeners of rock music.
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Moody blues – days of future passed
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1st of concept albums
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Moody blues – days of future passed
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Paved the way for ther art rock bands
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Jethro tull
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Draws more on folk art rock
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Pink Floyd
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Experimental “space rock” band
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Pink Floyd
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Creation ofthemes result in concepts on a massive scale
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Pink Floyd
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Syd barrett – an important founding member
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Pink Floyd
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Barret played a major role in the musical and stylistic direction of the bands early work
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Pink Floyd
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The piper at the gates of dawn (1967)
 

Pink Floyd debut album(only one made under syd barretts leadership)
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Pink Floyd
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Dark side of the moon (73’)

Partly inspired by barrets deteriating mental state.
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Proto Punk
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Never quite fit into the main stream r/r of the late 60’s/70’s
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Early punk bands from Detroit
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Mc-s/the stooges/nice cooper
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MC-S (motor city 5)
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Essentially laid the foundation for the start of punk
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MC-S (motor city 5)
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Led john serenor (leader of the infamous write panther party)
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White panther party
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10 founders by john sirenor
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White panther party
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Far left, anti  racist, white American politican collective founder in 1968
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Iggy pop
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Jim morrison
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Iggy pop
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The god father of punk music
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Iggy pop
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Early group: the stooges
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Iggy pop
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“Mobile home”
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Alice cooper
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Father of shock rock
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Alice cooper
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Influenced by comic book stories and RKO horror movie show
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Velvet underground – new york pronto rock
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known as the key touch stone to punk/new wave
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Velvet underground – new york pronto rock
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combo of music/art
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Velvet underground – new york pronto rock
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important association with andy Warhol
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Velvet underground – new york pronto rock
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provided music for the exploding plastic inevitable
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Velvet underground – new york pronto rock
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theater of the absurd
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lou reed
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helped define sandy rock/roll
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lou reed
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use of song sang vocals and narratives
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frank zappa
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his band: the mothers of invasion
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frank zappa
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wicked sense of humor and absurdity
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frank zappa
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music combines a understanding of an duplication of:

- 20th century composurs,
o   late 80’s doo-wop rock/roll
o   scial stringing wit
o   avant garde jazz
o   guitar heavy rock and r/b
o   converges of many styles
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punk
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returning rock and roll to the basics
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punk
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three cords and the simple melody
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punk
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in America punk remained an underground sensation
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punk
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in the uk. It was a fun scale phenomenon
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punk
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two popular punk bands

the romones (U.S.-N.Y.)
the sex pistols (Britain)
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CBGB’s
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Important venue for punk/neal ware bands
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CBGB’s
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COUNTRY BLUEGRASS BLUES
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Richard hell
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Formed the band called the neon boys which was later renamed television
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Richard hell
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Often pointed to as a major influence by other subsequent punk bands
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Richard hell
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Formed the band called the neon boys which was later renamed television
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Television
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One of the most creative bands to emerge from N.Y. punk scene of the mid 70’s
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Television
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Viewed to be the counter of the happy culture (hippies)
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Television
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Back to short hair and street clothes(repaved the extravagant)
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Television
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Debut album was marquee moon
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Marquee moon
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Laid the ground work for many of the guitar based post punk pop groups of the late 70’s/80’s
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Patty smith
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Provides lyrics that reflected life in new york
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Patty smith
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Combines 60’s garage rock w/the ???
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Patty smith
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Referred to as the godmother of punk
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Horses (1975)
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Anticipates new wave music
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Horses (1975)
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Hybrid of classic rock and post beat poetry
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The Romones
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Most popular of punk bands
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The Romones
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Crystallized the musical ordeals of the genre
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The Romones
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Cut rock and roll down to its bare essentials

4 chords
simple catchy melody
very fast tempos
irresistible insane/funny lyrics
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The Romones
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created something that was rooted in early 60’s pre-Beatles rock and roll and pop but sounded revolutionary
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The Romones
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their music has been labeled as bubble gum punk
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Blitzkrieg Bop
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hey ho lets go!
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I wanna be sedated - Ramones
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#48 on rolling stones 500
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I wanna be sedated - Ramones
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50/60’s hard drive edge sound
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Pinhead
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Inspired by the 1932 flim “freaks”
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Pinhead
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Gabba gabba hey – line from the film
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Punk – the british competition
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Brought to the U.K by Malcolm McLaren
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Punk – the british competition
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McLaren became the sex pistols managers
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The Sex pistols
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The anti-British group
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The Sex pistols
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Represented the young bored brits
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The Sex pistols
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Rebelled against the upper class
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Anarchy in the U.K 1976
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Debut single
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Anarchy in the U.K 1976
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Touched off a social/musical firestorm
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Anarchy in the U.K 1976
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Created fear about political instability and youth running wild in the streets
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Anarchy in the U.K 1976
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Popular movement for the liberation of Angola m.p.l.a
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Ulster Defiance association
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UDA
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Irish republican army
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IRA
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God save the queen - The Sex Pistols
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1977
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God save the queen - The Sex Pistols
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lyrics contain lethal snotty same calling
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God save the queen - The Sex Pistols
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declares the royalty ineffectual and irrelevant
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God save the queen - The Sex Pistols
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poses britain in a country of decline, ignoring the bleak times ahead
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