History 2134A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: New York Dolls, Malcolm Mclaren, Album-Oriented Rock
1 Feb 2017
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It"s time for androgyny: glam rock, disco, punk and the me decade. 1975 three regulars at malcom mclaren and vivienne westwood"s store sex. Sold bondage tanks joined at knees. Shop mecca for london"s underground music scene. Go there to buy fetish clothing or hangout. Malcolm mclaren managed the new york dolls. Returned to the uk wanted to establish a rock n" roll band that would subvert the pop music industry and horrify written middle class. Middle and working class youths did not have many prospects for work blamed the state for their predicament. Three regulars former skinheads looking to form a band. Needed a singer introduced to john lydon. Mclaren gave him the nickname johnny rotten formed the most outrageous punk band . Only lasted 2 years before they burned out. Origins of punk found in the us similar to those of 1950"s rock n" roll. Middle class white youth rebelling against middle class values.
