I've always gotten a punk/funk vibe from bad brains. there tune on the let them eat jelly beans lp is killer.
they are also post clash explosion band whether they were influnced by them??? they have that definate D.C. punk sound. I have to list to fugazi now! sit'in the waiting room! scotto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: FW: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno? > um, no. i have no idea what sort of punk scene existed in detroit and > whether it was american or british punk music being played, but lots of late > '70s and early '80s punk and post-punk was influenced by dub - everything > from bad brains in the states to the slits (whose cover of john holt's "man > next door," produced by adrian sherwood, came out in '80). > > brian dillard > > -----Original Message----- > From: M. Todd Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:52 AM > To: 313 List > Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno? > > > Somebody wrote: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Well, Back in the day Detroit had a largish punk scene. One of punks primary > influences was Jamaican reggae & dubb. Just had to bring it all back full > circle. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Do you have any evidence of this? Can you support this claim? Are you Iggy > Pop? The only influence Dub and Reggae may have had on punk is the message > they tried to get across. Ska was directly influenced by the rhythms and > sounds of Dub and Reggae as is apparent in the music, however Ska-punk cross > pollination really didn't happen until about '88 when Operation Ivy hit the > scene. Unless you consider The Specials and The English Beat 'punk', I'd > really like to know where you got this idea. > > Cheers > todd > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
