[peel] Re: Did the 4 Skins ever record a session

bill.spiby@... bill.spiby@...
Wed Oct 22 21:57:42 CEST 2008


OK fair enough. Sorry.
> 
> From: Martin Wheatley <martinw@...>
> Date: 2008/10/22 Wed PM 08:11:21 BST
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [peel] Re: Did the 4 Skins ever record a session
> 
> At 19:49 22/10/2008, you wrote:
> 
> >Can we stop with this thread now because if we're going to
> >ideologically approve all the Peel bands then we might as well close
> >the group down and set up a B*Witched fan site. I think Bill Hicks
> >summed it up best when he said:
> >
> >"They say rock 'n' roll is the devil's music. Well, let's say that it
> >is; I've got news for you. Let's say that rock'n'roll is the devil's
> >music and we know it for a fact to be absolutely, unequivocally true.
> >Boy, at least he fucking jams!"
> 
> But we are not talking about what we approve ideologically but
> what Peel did which is surely as on-topic as you can get
> All I was saying was that after the initial burst of Oi Peel stayed
> away from the extremes of it probably because of the political tinge
> given to it largely by the writings of Gary Bushell
> 
> Peel was never consistent in these views either for himself or anyone
> else and it's always easy to find exceptions  (Mark E Smith as has
> been pointed out) but there were general tendencies and I don't think
> it is wrong if any of us mention them
> 
> 
> 

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