Tag Archives: the sex pistols

the real greil

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is a hardcover promo copy of a collection of greil marcus essays called “ranters & crowd pleasers: punk in pop music, 1977-92″ (doubleday, 1993). social critic and writer of mucho density, greil marcus and i had … Continue reading →

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keep yur’ table: outside the shit-stem

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: rotten’s letter to the rock and tool hall of fame. it was signed off on by he rest of the band as well. i remember when yawn wenner read this to the audience at the induction ceremony. … Continue reading →

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incredibly loud and close

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this was one of those early seattle punk posters that blew my mind. it was wheatpasted (primarily) all over the u-district in mid 1978. i had just moved to seattle (after living in tacoma and bellingham) and … Continue reading →

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instant littering: accidental chaos

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) years ago i wrote (more like assembled) a book about the history of seattle punk culture posters titled “instant litter”.. it covered roughly the years 1976-1984 (it came out in 1985). of course, all the … Continue reading →

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swindles of all sizes

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Dave

Art Chantry: i really hate high-end expensive ‘hipster lifestyle’ magazines. i avoid them like the plague. i know, i know – it’s the ‘cutting edge’ in graphic design, blah blah blah. but, they always seem so shallow and plastic and … Continue reading →

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ana-ana-anarchy

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood,N.J.) Sid Vicious (1957-1979)! French release 12″ single (originally released in a plain, black sleeve). This is a French-manufactured/U.K.released 12″ EP version of the band’s debut single, “Anarchy in the U.K.,” produced … Continue reading →

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just wanna be me

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dave

“Anarchy in the U.K.”/”I Wanna Be Me” The Sex Pistols, (“Banned in the U.K.”) EP cover Sex Pistols Records/Gutterbest Ltd., 1977 Design: Jamie Reid, presumably Happy Birthday Johnny Rotten (b. 1956)! French release 12″ single (originally released in a plain, … Continue reading →

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just a little dance band

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) early and very very nasty.just a little dance band out to destroy the world. and yet people compare them to the monkees and think the clash were THE political punk band. LOL

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anti graphics: the cult of un-think

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) in 1977, when i clipped this ad (35 long years ago), you have to remember what the pop world was actually like. ‘star wars’ and ‘saturday night fever’ were still brand new movies playing … Continue reading →

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DAM it all

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i was deeply involved witht he new ‘garage rock’ revival during the late 1980′s and early 1990′s. largely through my friendship with dave crider and his label estrus records (yes, “ESTRUS”. shameful, eh?), i was … Continue reading →

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