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Stuart McHugh wrote:

> >Anyhow, speaking of the Sex Pistols, we can debate punk bands at
> >length after next Saturday's Channel 4 Top Ten Punk Bands. Not to
> >be missed
> 
> Go on, you start... I could rant on as usual about the non-appearance of
> the Adverts, and the Irish record showing up again, but I was more
> intrigued by the data-gathering techniques of Channel 4. After all, how
> many punk points does it take to get in the top 10? And surely with all
> those safety pins about, it should if anything be the groups that amass the
> least point that get in the chart - "and now, at number ! with NO punk rock
> points - it's... The Cortinas!!!"
> That's the way I remember 1977 anyway...
> 
Me too. It turned out horribly predictable. Where were Slaughter and the
Dogs?! Or Crass? Or Eater? And did the Pistols really outsell the Clash
or was it all just rigged as a sop to McLaren's ego? 

Maureen