Self Empunishment chat with Chris Murphy of Sloan part two

[@brufrog]

i enjoyed part I. I am 2-3 years older than Chris, I think, but I was also totally into Kiss and Rush and Priest and I loved The Beatles but disliked 90% of Dylan. What is odd is that he moved from liking the same bands as me to liking hardcore which I do not like at all. I went to Elvis Costello, XTC, Squeeze, The Clash, Joe Jackson, Nick Lowe, Graham Parker and then, in the next wave, Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera, etc, so all English, essentially. I also loved Rockabilly. It's odd he didn't pick up on these as they are much closer to The Beatles (and SLOAN!) than any hardcore American punk!

[@KevvvDub]

I'm somewhat older than you and Chris, so I first got into The Clash around the same time as the Pistols. The Pistols had the good fortune of releasing one great record plus the Rock & Roll Swindle while the Clash drifted away from punk. Needless to say, Sharif did not like it. Looking forward to part 3

[@amplituden]

Thank you for this!! Can’t wait for the next part.