Millions worth of punk memorabilia burnt

eSully

Haven't seen this posted yet. What's everyone's (particularly the punks of the fretboard) take on the burning of millions worth of punk memorabilia on the Thames yesterday? 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38120496

Very punk or a dick move?

strumjoughlamps

Moe_Zambeek

eSully said:

Very punk or a dick move?

Some would say both. 

My my take was it was just another rich arsehole with a need for attention.

Flink_Poyd

A rich middle aged man who's mum is a "Dame" burning stuff he owns in a vain attempt to say that punk is dead because it's become a mainstream commodity. Oh and the documentary will be available in stores soon!
Twat

Heartfeltdawn

eSully said:

Haven't seen this posted yet. What's everyone's (particularly the punks of the fretboard) take on the burning of millions worth of punk memorabilia on the Thames yesterday? 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38120496

Very punk or a dick move?

Dick. Announced he was going to do this months ago. Announced that he was a "little soldier of the punk revolution" despite being at boarding school and in single digit age when the punk era kicked off. Such a believer in the purity of punk that he became a multimillionaire when 80% of his knickers firm was sold to a private equity company for £60 million. 

Tosser of the highest order. And as big as a tosser as the KLF were when they burnt all that money. 

HAL9000

Flink_Poyd said:

Twat

^This. Wis'd.

Sporky

Heartfeltdawn said:

 And as big as a tosser as the KLF were when they burnt all that money. 

Much more of a tosser than the KLF. Their money was insured - all they burnt was paper.

bluechargeboy

I approve of it. It has upset so many people who want to preserve our "punk heritage". Now the V&A can have an exhibit/discussion about this act, instead of a glass case with a pair of tartan trousers in it.

BloodEagle

Total tosser, 1 - For burning loads of cool stuff and 2 - for thinking something which he has no mandate over whatsoever is or isnt dead on his say so, punk/diy music is thriving just as it ever was, and it doesnt need his permission

bluechargeboy

BloodEagle said:

Total tosser, 1 - For burning loads of cool stuff and 2 - for thinking something which he has no mandate over whatsoever is or isnt dead on his say so, punk/diy music is thriving just as it ever was, and it doesnt need his permission

If punk is thriving then we don't need all that old stuff from the seventies; we can make our own memorabilia.

Deadman

It's painful. The thought of it makes me really angry.

Why couldn't he donate it all to charity if he didn't want it? He's just like his father. A humongous prick of the highest order.

eSully

Deadman said:

It's painful. The thought of it makes me really angry.

Why couldn't he donate it all to charity if he didn't want it? He's just like his father. A humongous prick of the highest order.

This is my take on it too, he could have done a lot of good with it if he'd auctioned some of it off for Charity. It looks like a selfish self absorbed move by a publicity seeking millionaire... but I don't know him from Adam and don't identify as a punk hence asking for Punks opinions.

Wazmeister

Reminds me of that utter tool Bill Drummond, who burnt an actual million pounds... in the name of art... prize twat.

However, quick quiz question... name the 2 songs written about him ?

boogieman

Deadman said:

It's painful. The thought of it makes me really angry.

Why couldn't he donate it all to charity if he didn't want it? He's just like his father. A humongous prick of the highest order.

Wis'd. He needs a firm kick right in the bollocks for this twattery.

And his mum is so anti-establishment that she's a dame now?

Sarge

Yeah burning loads of paper and no doubt plastics etc while mummy is shouting at people to  be more green. 
It's hypocrisy like this that punk rebelled against! 
pair of cunts. 

earwighoney

The person in question who justified the act in the article by saying 'Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don't need'.

That's pretty much exactly what his father McLaren manufactured the Sex Pistols.

If the Sex Pistols are punk, then so is this.  

bluechargeboy

I'm playing devil's advocate (or perhaps trolling) here a bit TBH. I always thought the Sex Pistols empire was primarily a triumph of marketing, and this stunt is entirely in keeping.

When I think of the punk ethic my mind goes to Steve Albini and Ian MacKaye, not McLaren's lot.

monquixote

I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with his quote:

"Punk was never, never meant to be nostalgic - and you can't learn how to be one at a Museum of London workshop," said Mr Corre on Saturday.

"Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don't need.

"The illusion of an alternative choice. Conformity in another uniform."

However burning loads of stuff to get on telly just makes him look  like a massive dick.

Fretwired

Bet he kept the best stuff ...

ICBM

Dick.

If he wanted to make a statement he should have sold it all and given the money to something worthwhile which needs it. That probably didn't occur to him though, as he has plenty...

I assume that it also increases the value of the stuff he didn't burn.

axisus

A complete tit. Furthermore, the value was not verified at all, it was probably just mummys cast-offs that she couldn't sell. 

That guy is so far up his own arse. Punk came along, sold a few records, freshened up music for a while. End of.