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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
2. The Stones had some punkish moments, but since they always retained a blues base, they could not techincally be considered anything approaching punk by purists.
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You're buying into Flower's BS definition.
The early Stones were a bass, drum kit, 2 guitars and a few chord changes. How is this different from say the Pistols? 1 the stones played the chords more accurately and 2 the Pistols chord changes were quicker. Punk was a return to basics, not w/o some evolution but they didn't create something new. Only God works from whole cloth, man must work with what came before.
There are lots of bands and music types that benefit from keyboards and horns. Other than the Attactions I can think of a band that regularly uses them to good effect in straight rock. I love early Roxy Music and they had a friggin bassoon, but they were not straight rock.
Kids starting a rock band would be well advised to tell their friend who plays sax that he can't be in the band. Sorry.
