MASTERS OF MUSIC VOL 17 – Rock

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Features:

  • The Rolling Stones
  • The Sex Pistols
  • The Who
  • U2
  • The Velvet Underground
Synopsis:

In the 50 years the Stones have been rolling they may have lost a few members along the way, but they have yet to gather any moss. The Who smashed their instruments and drove Rolls Royce’s into swimming pools. The Sex Pistols burst out of Thatcher’s England calling the Queen a moron and making the Sex Pistols burst out of Thatcher’s England calling the Queen a moron, and making Malcolm McLaren appear a genius, and redefined a generation of not just English youth in its musical taste, fashion and its aspirations. They were all gods and we made them so. Unlike the cinema Icons of yesteryear whom we visited in darkened theatres, these gods you could take home on recordings, reliving the experience, in darkened bedrooms while your parents unknowingly renovated their dream homes.