Go get yourself a Buff Medways album (Doesn't matter which they all sound the same) and educate yourself man.

Yeah. Do you like his work?
Most of my friends don't

Me

Those yank bastards couldn't handle the shit I was dishing out back in the day.

Are you a new breed of troll?

yep, love it, generally anything with 'expressionist' on the end and palettes like that I am a sucker for, his work reminds me of Don Van Vliet's stuff for some reason, jsut less primitive

Ray for mod!

I was just thinking about Billy Childish....
His music isn't really controversial
but his Stuckism was pretty damn controversial in the art world, controversial and ****.

f*ck yeah i had to remind myself what their manifesto was but f*ck yes. Whta i have found of their stuff i really like aswell, it's all part of Billy's Victorian chic isn't it really, and according to wiki they were founded as an alternative to Saatchi who I inherently distrust (even though I havent been to his gallery)

Im not really a fan of stuckism,
I don;t like their whole anti-postmodernist stance and the real artists paint deal. I'm into more abstract styles generally.

i am also but this is the first figurative painting i have enjoyed, i am not a classics person. it's gootd though i think they are taking a style that was tainted with religion and glorification of war for hundreds of years and made it their own.
Unless you count that others 80's movement in the US that i can't remember... neo-realism or something, i suppose one virtue is that it's accessible

sorry for bumping an old thread, but i just discovered this.... awesome conversation.

it reminded me of the most controversial thing that the Pistols did after releasing Bollocks and GSTQ. Their manager, Malcolm McLaren booked them for a U.S. tour of the deep south, just b/c he knew it would be a disaster and would create news wherever they went. It actually ended up being a really sad flameout, but it did spawn some great stories.



Also the Jubilee Boat Trip is pretty legendary.



for punk related controversial stories,Please Kill Me is a great book.
some great stuff about Patti Smith, The Dead Boys, NYDolls & Thunders, etc... some harrowing stuff to be sure. Ultimately mostly just sad though.

For American Punk I would also throw Minor Threat and Fugazi in there for being controversial INSIDE the world of Punk which was a neat trick when it happened.