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WE'VE HAD THE RACE ISSUE, WHAT ABOUT THE CLASS ISSUE?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Darkness Unlimited* Jan 5, 2012. 7 Replies 0 Likes
hello afro-punkers, i'd like to raise the issue of class, in this discussion, if anyone is interested.in england, where punk took off as a worldwide phenomenon, the issue of class was an integral…Continue
THE SIGNIFYING MONKEY: EMBARRASSING MOMENTS TAKE#1
Started Mar 23, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
here's an anecdote for you!back in 199? in London i was roadying for a fabulous guitarist/songwriter/singer/producer from memphis called "JEROD", who had played with AL GREEN, and had played with the…Continue
Tags: rock'n'roll, daniels, jack, anecdotes, humour
LIKING ROCK AND DISSING BLACK CULTURE, AN OXYMORON?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Darkness Unlimited* Mar 26, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
"MEAN PEOPLE SUCK"? O.K. that's true about RAP. but also punk; rockabilly; death metal; hardcore; oi; thrash; european ska...etc. in europe, guitar-orientated music is often linked with groups that…Continue
Tags: fashion, history, hierarchies, musical, vs
AFRICAN ANIMIST CULTS THE ORIGINAL ROCK'N'ROLL?
Started this discussion. Last reply by DUKE COTTONHEAD Mar 4, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes
does this topic interest anyone out there?
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- Name
- Duke Cottonhead
- About Me
- born in Trinidad,;grew up in London; living in France now
guitar/vox in "WASTED CONVERSATION"; i am a true rock'n roll survivor, used to play with soul singer WINSTON ROBERTS; played in "welfare heroine" with DELE FADELE; was asked to audition for OMAR but preferred to play rock; was presented to skin as a potential guitarist for SKUNK ANANSI, but thought "na, she can't really be into rock"....., you get the picture...."i coulda been a contendah...";)
- You can be my friend if...
- you're cool; you love rock music AND black music; you don't judge people by their colour or looks, but you KNOW that black people are better dancers. ( hey, some stereotypes are useful).
you like any film from jim jarmusch. you like photography and the arts, but are not a pretentious twat; you like martial arts movies, but detest violence!
- Occupation:
- photographer, musician, father, graphic novel author (it' ll be finished in a year or two, i hope!
- Favorite bands:
- link wray, guitarwolf, suicide, pil, neu, wilko johnson; leroy "sugarfoot" bonner, patti smith; last poets; bo diddley;hamell on trial; screamin jay hawkins; lou reed
- Favorite movies:
- stranger than paradise, drunken master, dumb and dumber, ghost world, mama roma, carmen(dorothy dandridge), punk attitude ( the Don Letts), afropunk( of course!); undercover brother; repo man(alex cox)
- Favorite books:
- "a wild rabbit chase" - Haruki Murakami
"white teeth" - Zadie Smith
"the magus" - John Fowles
"the water margin" - Shi Nai-An
- Favorite Magazines:
- mojo; mad magazine; the old melody maker; nme, uncut; technikart; les inrockuptibles; computer arts; various photography reviews; anything with vintage motorbikes in them !
- Favorite TV shows:
- "malcolm in the middle"," that 70's show", martin; sanders and son; the avengers; steptoe and son; robot chicken, champions league football.(or should i say soccer?) i don't watch tv that much.
- Relationship status:
- seperated.: my twin ninja dragon daughters would rip to shreds any female that was foolish/short-sighted enough to come within restraining order distance of me.......(sigh!)
- Orientation:
- Straight
- Zodiac Sign
- sagittarius;do you believe in this stuff?
- Kids?:
- adorable twin girls of 7
- Smoke/Drink?
- no/ no
- Band Question - Genre:
- rwanda-billy power duo, noise, post-punk, slam-punk, lo-fi
- Band Question -Band Members:
- "WASTED CONVERSATION"
guitar/vox: DUKE COTTONHEAD
drums: ROCKETT 808
- Band Question - Sounds like:
- cats being micro-waved? the inside of a washing machine?
we are so bad we make the RAMONES look like musicians!
we love music; we hate what mtv has become!
- Band Question - Musical Influences:
- guitarwolf; P.I.L.; suicide; sister rosetta sharp; dan sartain; joe strummer; hamell on trial; flat duo jets; curtis mayfield
- Band Question - Record label:
- DIY
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DUKE COTTONHEAD interviewed; talks about his lo-fi RWANDA-BILLY group "WASTED CONVERSATION".
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 3:14pm 0 Comments 1 Like
JOURNALIST: do you have a "diktat" in the group, imposed rules?
DUKE: yes, we have to wear a "WASTED CONVERSATION" t-shirt to every rehearsal.
JOURNALIST: how did you meet and is there a leader, a sort of guru?
DUKE: we met at an "african dance party" function where i was the "official photographer"( i still haven't been paid-valery!) and ROCKETT 808(my drummer-we are a power-duo) was doing the security. he's hard you know! we found that we had a mutual interests in…
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Hey le Duc! Tu vas bien? alors quand es ce qu on se fait un concert ensemble à Nimes, Tours, Montpellier ou ailleurs? Un truc du genre les Dirty Beaches ou autre.Ce serait cool serieusement! T'embrasse <3
Killer music & vid...especially using Ed Woods "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (this is my favorite "crappy' sci-fi horror movie to watch on a cold/snowy Saturday afternoon. Excellent editing job syncing the lyrics with the mouth movement...I could believe they were singing.
My sun was extremely impressed!!!
EXCELLENT!!! Much Respect!!!
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