Most Hated Prog Bands From Punks

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Actually, you're both right - the defaced t shirt was originally altered and worn by Rotten, but it was Paul Cook who wore it during the notorious Bill Grundy interview which is shown on The Filth and the Fury.

I asked the only punk I know and he said Rush just shaded Yes to the title.

Another shameless plug for the new VdGG book (the book is nothing at all to do with me, its become essential reading though, love it!)...

The book mentions that John Lydon was a fan of Hammill's, not only liking 'Nadirs big chance' but also liking anothe one of his solo albums (Over). Anyone ever listening to this album will know its all about Hammill's breakup from his long term girlfriend and is as far away from punk as could be imagined.

Lydon attended a number of VdGG concerts and had a number of discussions with Hammill.

Ever the rebel though Lydon told Hammill he was a 'middle class c**t'.

I think a lot of this punk being anti prog was stirred up not by the punk muscians but by the svengalis behind them (Malcolm Mclaren and the like). Its just the sort of thing Peter Grant would have done if he were in the same position; to get maximum exposure for their band.

Actually Rotten went on record years later saying he actually loved Floyd but that T-shirt was worn as an attitude statement

Good quote Sean, this proves that this guys were just coffe shop revolutionaries, he loves Pink Floyd but uses a T-Shirt saying I hate Pink Floyd, just to prove how agressive he is, please, this is plain stupid.

Just because I'm a Prog fan I won't use an I hate Fleetwood Mac or Meatloaf shirts because I also love both bands

BTW: Have you ever seen any Prog artist with something similar like a T-shirt I hate XXXXXX, if you're confident in your work you shouldn't care of what anybody else does.

Iván

To add som points to my opinion about Punk being a poser movement, just read this quotes:

To his peers — and even his bandmates — Vicious was something of a sad sack, deficient in both intelligence and common sense, essentially a sweet soul easily led into stupidity and flights of egomania. Despite the Sex Pistols reputation for amateurish musicianship (often supported by subpar live bootlegs), everyone in the band could play their instruments — everyone, that is, except Vicious, who made a valiant effort to learn the bass at first but was quickly derailed by the instant gratifications of fame, stardom, and heroin addiction. Not only was Vicious musically talentless, but The Pistols vision had virtually nothing to do with him: he wasn't even present when much of the group's material was conceived and written, and Johnny Rotten was largely responsible for the controversial lyrics and attitude that built their reputation. Vicious' presence did contribute a certain dangerous energy to the Pistols performances, but his unreliability as a rhythm section anchor could just as easily hurt the band's live sound. Allmusic

Simply unbelievable, and they have the balls to call Prog musicians and fans drug addicts?

Sid was a member of the Pistols despite the fact he couldn't play a note - remember it was the talented Glen Matlock who played bass on the classic Never Mind The Bollocks - and his only value to them was his supposed shock value. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/music/2004/02/09/too_fast.sh tml

For God's sake, this is simply stupid, you fire a talented bassist, not to hire a better one but a guy who can't play?

February 1977 Glen Matlock left the group. His replacement was the before mentioned Sid Vicious who first had to learn how to play bass!   http://www.sex-pistols.net/main.html

All this quotes only to ask, does any band in the world except this sad posers would hire a sub-normal, talentless pseudo musician who couldn't play a note just to keep an image?

And this are their icons?????

Why should we even care which band they hated if this guys said they hated everything?????

Iván