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Mick Jones for a proposed Alternative Press piece on punk’s original guitar heroes. Though it remains unpublished, I asked in the course of it what he thought of
Rancid. Jones waxed effusive, noting he’d met the Berkeley punk traditionalists in the course of a U.S. Big Audio Dynamite tour, impressed with how hands-on and DIY they were in the running of the band, down to storyboarding their own videos.
I smirked. “You’re being considerably generous, considering many cynics think Rancid should be named to Give ‘Em Enough Rope: A Tribute To The Clash,” I quipped.
“It doesn’t matter when you get into this music,” Jones answered in his soft Cockney accent. “What matters is that you get into it.”
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SoundCloud rap in mainstream charts. He inspired other young people to put out their art on this platform and experiment with sounds without caring who may or may not like it. We recounted his life and legacy in the tribute issue 364.
Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
Jim Morrison will always be known as the iconic classic-rock frontman for
the Doors. Fans, both young and young at heart, across the globe have his lyrics tatted on themselves forever. Morrison laid the groundwork for what lead singers of the ’70s,
’80s and beyond became. They sought to be both completely confident yet relaxed in their performances.
SIGNATURE MOVE: Kurt Bloch is this long-running Seattle punk-pop outfitâs secret weaponâwriting the songs, producing and playing flashy, melodic lead guitar. He and bandmates
Kim Warnick and
Deep Purple-esque hard rock. So he occasionally seasoned
Fastbacksâ hooky bombast with
Van Halen-esque widdly-widdlys and wang-bar divebombs. Gear-wise, he didnât have a trademark guitar or amp. He tends to like GibsonsâLes Paul Jrs., SGs, Sg Juniors and various Les Pauls. Amp-wise, heâs used 50-watt Marshalls, Peavey 5150s and Fender Prosonics. âAs long as it can sing the solos, then itâs a good guitar/amp combination,â he told Alternative Press.