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Old 12-17-2013, 11:58 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Janszoon View Post
Hey! Nice to see you around again GS!

On the subject of Ian Curtis, he's certainly an icon but the king of post punk? Nah. I don't think post punk really has a king.
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Your point is the salient one - post-punk needs no king. It's too diverse and broad in sound and approach to be encapsulated by one individual. Ian Curtis rules, but in a genre with bands such as The Fall, The Raincoats, Wire, This Heat, PiL, Young Marble Giants, Pere Ubu, etc etc - to call one person the "king" is to sell the others short.
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