>>>>No he ain't. Forgot Tull & ELP.
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>>>ELP = the reason punk rock was invented
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>>So people who can't play can also play? ;)
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>Some of them could barely play, that's true. (Then bands like The Clash, who actually could play, came along). What punk represented was a return to the raucous spirit of rock and roll, which was not evident in some of the ethereal arena rock bands of the 70s.

Seeing wath Keith Emerson did with his Hammond - rocking it, pivoted on one corner, or having a tractor tire hanging behind it so it wouldn't break when he pushes it... ELP was just as wild. But yes (didn't mean Yes, though they can get into the picture too), this was also music which was a bit more complicated at times. Which I like; complicated music leaves more things to discover when you hear it for the 20th time, whereas the slap-bang dustraising makes sense on a concert where you want to sweat out your adrenalin. I don't see why the two would exclude each other, except in the narrow mind of sales department staff of RIAA members.