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Malcolm Mclaren Dead

Cold Stomper | 08.04.2010 19:34 | Culture

Today Malcolm Mclaren has Died


Malcolm Mclaren has died today age 64.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/08/malcolm-mclaren-dies-sex-pistols

I met Mclaren in '72 When at the time he had a Shop in Kings Rd
Selling Teddy Boy clothes, records, Brothel Creepers etc.

I bought off him 'Summertime Blues..Eddie Cochrane' for 75p
Quite expensive I recall..He wouldnt Haggle !!

The Shop Later changed it's name to SEX..Selling torn Clothing
etc which was already a fashion in the New York Disco scene of 76.

He then went on to Form and Manage the Sex Pistols and
getting them to wear some of the Ted clothing he was keen to
get rid of.

McLaren was a Student of the the Situationist Movement...
the work and Philosophy of Guy Debord..

In this work Debord Describes that Life has become a Series
Of Spectacles..( one has come to expect a Spectacle )
EG: War, Scandle, bent poletions, gary glitter etc etc.

He created the Sex Pistols as a Series of Spectacles,
God Save the Queen, recorded at the time of the Jubilee etc etc..

As with any Spectacle..It soon wares out and people want
Another one.

So in the End The Spectacle which was Malcolm Mclaren has
Now Faded.

Cold Stomper

Comments

Display the following 11 comments

  1. Sell out, egotistical, pretenious capatilist wanker.... — aunty capitalist
  2. Compared to — afed
  3. popular kulture - rich pickings for vultures — johnny & the hurricanes
  4. ROCKIT — ivor Had-Enough.com
  5. so long! — sfdfgdg
  6. I'd happily... — Rudeboy
  7. I remember the tabloid hysteria — Bri Stolian
  8. McLaren not the inventor of everything good in popular music shock — Slacker
  9. One other thing — Slacker
  10. McLaren was the 1st to bring hip-hop into the UK music scene — sister ray
  11. pistols fan, for my sins... — (A)