I have a question. Where would we be without the Clash? Still wearing polyester and doing the hustle? No, probably not. But we wouldn’t have any of those annoying pop/punk bands, Ska may have never taken off and then died suddenly and the members of a band called the Dead 60s would all still be working minimum wage jobs in Liverpool.
I’m only semi interested in this band because nobody has ripped off the Clash lately with such shameless abandon as these guys manage to do. Even the imagery they use on their web site is a total Clash rip off.
The Dead 60s chose their name as a slight to all of the 1960 British rock acts, especially one group in particular who also hailed from Liverpool.
These poor, misguided youth, don’t they know that all modern music can be traced, at least in some part, back to the Beatles and their influences? The Clash played punk but also incorporated elements of soul, R&B and straight rock and roll into their music, all of the same influences that drove the Beatles. The Clash picked up on the international sound of Reggae the same way the Beatles pulled from any musical culture they felt necessary.
The Dead 60s don’t understand their heritage as Liverpoolians, and putting down the Beatles while emulating another band, who were most likely influenced by the Beatles or at the very least used the mold the Beatles made to create great music, is dumb.
Which just goes to prove my theory that punks are stupid, stupid people. Show me a smart punk and I’ll show you some one who will be wearing a suit and working in a cubicle in five years.
Stuff to Sample: the Dead 60s' "Riot Radio" and "We Get Low"
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