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Archaeology of Punk Rock: The Sex Pistols
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Archaeologists from The University of York have stirred up a heritage hornet’s nest with their new research into a house in London with some of the earliest intact graffiti by the founding members of the seminal Punk band the Sex Pistols. The little old ladies brigade and the ‘better’ newspapers are all up in arms over a what some are calling ‘heritage swindle.’
The research was carried out by archaeologists from The University of York. According to The University of York Department of Archaeology website: “Dr John Schofield, of the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, and independent researcher Dr Paul Graves-Brown, suggest that the intact Sex Pistols graffiti may be of greater significance than the discovery of early Beatles recordings. They say the graffiti found behind cupboards in the property in Denmark Street in London is “a direct and powerful representation of a radical and dramatic movement of rebellion.”
The research was carried out by archaeologists from The University of York. According to The University of York Department of Archaeology website: “Dr John Schofield, of the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, and independent researcher Dr Paul Graves-Brown, suggest that the intact Sex Pistols graffiti may be of greater significance than the discovery of early Beatles recordings. They say the graffiti found behind cupboards in the property in Denmark Street in London is “a direct and powerful representation of a radical and dramatic movement of rebellion.”
Whatever the outcome, this is a much needed conversation about ‘anti-heritage” sites and what to do to preserve the next generation of “historic” sites.
But as the authors say: “We feel justified in sticking our tongues out at the heritage establishment and suggesting that punk’s iconoclasm provides the context for conservation decision-making. Our call is for something that directly follows punk’s attitude to the mainstream, to authority; contradicting norms and challenging convention.
Personally, I love it. Somewhere Mr. Lydon is cackling… “God Save the Queen”
But as the authors say: “We feel justified in sticking our tongues out at the heritage establishment and suggesting that punk’s iconoclasm provides the context for conservation decision-making. Our call is for something that directly follows punk’s attitude to the mainstream, to authority; contradicting norms and challenging convention.
Personally, I love it. Somewhere Mr. Lydon is cackling… “God Save the Queen”
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