One of the core tenants of punk rock is just not giving a damn about anything and upsetting the establishment, it looks like the son of the Sex Pistols’ manager did the most punk rock thing you can possibly do.
The 40th anniversary of the song “Anarchy in the UK” is coming up and Punk London is going to mark the 40th anniversary of Punk Rock with “events, gigs, and exhibitions” supported by the Mayor of London and British Film Institute according to the BBC.
Joe Corre, the son of the manager of the Sex Pistols’ thinks it is all a bit of rubbish. So he decided to make his own protest and the BBC was there to cover it.
“The 48-year-old told the crowd that “punk was never meant to be nostalgic”.
The protest was aimed at official plans to celebrate the movement’s 40th anniversary.
Mr. Corre said his collection of clothes, posters and other music-related items was worth £5m.
Dummies of former Prime Minister David Cameron, ex-Chancellor George Osborne and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were among those engulfed in flames as part of the protest, on a boat near the Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London.”
If you think this is the last you’ll hear of Corre, think again. He spoke to the Huffington Post and made his thoughts very clear on the status of punk music.
“Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don’t need.
“The illusion of an alternative choice. Conformity in another uniform.”
Whoever said punk was dead never heard of Joe Corre, right?
[BBC]