Malcolm Mclaren

[Rockula]

Is dead...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/08/malcolm-mclaren-dies-sex-pistols

[Turte Boy]

rest in piss!
no one fucks with adam antflipoff*)

[RIC]

Rip :(

[Chernobyl Bunny]

Wow...I don't even know what to say about this. Damn. Crazy.

[StevieB]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/04/08/arts/mcclarin_cap/mcclarin_cap-articleInline.jpg

Malcolm McLaren, the impresario, promoter and self-promoter who once claimed to have invented punk rock, and who assembled and managed the youthful, unruly members of the Sex Pistols, the breakthrough British punk band, has died. He was 64.

His companion of many years, Young Kim, confirmed that Mr. McLaren died on Thursday, and said he died of mesothelioma at a hospital in Switzerland.

In the 1970s, Mr. McLaren returned to his native London from New York, where he had briefly managed the New York Dolls in the waning days of that band’s initial flush of fame. With his business partner and girlfriend at the time, Vivienne Westwood, they renamed their clothing shop Sex, and Mr. McLaren set about putting together his own rock act of untested British youth, which became the Sex Pistols.

The band was fronted by John Lydon, whose repugnant appearance and Irish background inclined Mr. McLaren (as he stated in the documentary “The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle”) to saddle him with the pejorative stage name Johnny Rotten. With Steve Jones (guitar), Paul Cook (drums) and Sid Vicious (a bassist who replaced an original member, Glen Matlock), the Sex Pistols terrified traditional music sensibilities with songs like “Anarchy in the U.K.” and “God Save the Queen.” It also fueled Mr. McLaren’s flair for over-the-top spectacle: he arranged for the band to sign its contract with A&M Records outside Buckingham Palace, and organized a private boat performance of their “God Save the Queen” on the Thames that was quickly shut down by the police, cementing the group’s rebellious reputation.

As a solo artist, Mr. McLaren released genre-defying albums like “Duck Rock” in 1983 and “Waltz Darling” in 1989, and remained a perennial presence in the worlds of art and fashion.

[Johnny Running Shoes]

Is dead...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/08/malcolm-mclaren-dies-sex-pistols

That's too bad.

[Suicidal Punk]

The man that invented punk has passed away...

[Joe Scumbag]

Holy fuck, this is the shittiest news I've heard all day. I'm busting out my Pistols and Ants records for sure. RIP Malky.

[Toastedspikes]

RIP malcolm. I heard about it on d radio

[conthrash]

RIP Malcolm...but fuck him. he was a manipulative douche who stole money from the pistols

[Adam Rebelius]

And out come the bootlegs tonight!

[Napalm p 82x]

Cheers cheer(*
and Good riddance. par*#
It's unfortunate that Mclaren died before he could get knocked down a few more pegs.
Everyone crack a pint, it's time to bloody celebrate!

[mcghie]

He shaped the way we all think about music maybe good maybe bad but fuck it he's rembered


I respect him, I have read a lot up on the man and to be fair he wasn't as bad as people would like to make out just a twat


the worlds a sadder place without this caracter

[puzzled_panther]

Even though you were an unbelievably opportunistic, swindling cunt; you helped lay down the foundation for the demise of the Pistols and you exploited Sid's pain 'till the day he died, there is still no doubt that you nevertheless were as much a part of the rise of punk rock 'n roll as any band in the 70's. Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (January 22, 1946 – April 8, 2010) R.I.P.

[eva destruction]

:(

[Turte Boy]

Cheers cheer(*
and Good riddance. par*#
It's unfortunate that Mclaren died before he could get knocked down a few more pegs.
Everyone crack a pint, it's time to bloody celebrate!

YYEEEEEEAAHH THATS THE SPIRIT!weed)(*

[Johnny Running Shoes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DeTR8n7eTU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6Co7EMNCU

[alias315]

RIP to a charmer, a bullshitter, and someone who deserves his place in punk history.:(

[Unused Substitutes]

:D just been comparing some of the comments on here with those on this site (http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/mclaren/3292900), something tells me the real Sex Pistols fans are posting here jerk(^

[3a]

Rip

[3a]

The man that invented punk has passed away...

He didn't invent punk. That's a misconceived idea.

[glasgow69]

I heard about it last night just before we went onstage.
He might have been a lying, two faced cunt but we dedicated our set to him anyway.
R.I.P. Malcolm

[throatgorge]

Time to bust out my copy of "the Filth and the Fury" and watch it in sad contemplation. The Sex Pistols were a huge influence on me in my formative years. He's with Sid now and I'm sure wherever they are all the bullshit no longer matters to them.

[TxPunk]

Yeah... I'm sure Johnny Rotten will have something "nice" to say. R.I.P.

[Abe Outsider]

Guess I'll never be managed by the ass hole. Oh well, rest in anarchy ya snob!

[Rockula]

Yeah... I'm sure Johnny Rotten will have something "nice" to say. R.I.P.

He already did. He said...

"For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and I will miss him, and so should you."

John obviously sees no point in speaking ill of the dead despite past 'differences'.

[TxPunk]

He already did. He said...

"For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and I will miss him, and so should you."

John obviously sees no point in speaking ill of the dead despite past 'differences'.

Wow I'm quite impressed, I didn't think he would be so nice! That's cool of him!

[throatgorge]

Wow I'm quite impressed, I didn't think he would be so nice! That's cool of him!
I was pretty sure he'd say something nice. Johnny Rotten is more sentimental than people think he is. I was really moved when he talked about Sid Vicious in "the filth and the fury" and started shedding tears.

[joekersten]

I read about this in the Los Angeles Times this morning. I bought it to get the sports section and noticed it on the lower hand of the front page as I walked home. I know you're not suppose to speak ill of the dead but my first thought was "good riddance". I'm sure he was a nice enough man in private but he always struck me as a shit head.

[Suicidal Punk]

He didn't invent punk. That's a misconceived idea.

(I was being sarcastic)

[puzzled_panther]

RIP to a charmer, a bullshitter, and someone who deserves his place in punk history.:(

couldn't have said it better.

[Rockula]

Apparently his death may have been 'caused by asbestos.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a213801/mclaren-cancer-caused-by-asbestos.html

[Suicidal Punk]

Apparently his death may have been 'caused by asbestos.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a213801/mclaren-cancer-caused-by-asbestos.html

Yes I've heard it a million times, it causes cancer, but what was he doing with asbestos? no one uses that anymore.

Anyways, Everything causes cancer these days, even milk (look it up)

[glasgow69]

Yes I've heard it a million times, it causes cancer, but what was he doing with asbestos? no one uses that anymore.



He was possibly exposed to it in the mid 70's when the roof of his Let It Rock shop was tore down.

[Suicidal Punk]

He was possibly exposed to it in the mid 70's when the roof of his Let It Rock shop was tore down.

Hmm... are you sure you're not behind his death?!

[glasgow69]

Hmm... are you sure you're not behind his death?!

I'm saying nothing till I speak to my lawyer ;)